[はず, hazu] (n) (1) (uk) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (See はず押し・はずおし) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out; (P) #14425
[おやゆび, oyayubi] (n) thumb; (P) #19154
[ユーエスビーメモリー, yu-esubi-memori-] (n) { comp } (See フラッシュメモリー) USB flash drive; USB memory stick; thumb drive
[せんじょうこつ, senjoukotsu] (n) scaphoid bone (in wrist near thumb)
[つめみだし, tsumemidashi] (n) thumb index (e.g. in a dictionary)
[samingu] (n) thumbing (in boxing, poking a thumb in one's opponent's eye)
[samuzuappu] (n) thumbs up
[samune] (n) (abbr) { comp } (See サムネイル) thumbnail
[samune-ru ; samuneiru] (n) thumbnail (i.e. miniature image)
[samuho-ru] (n) thumbhole
[samuhoi-ru] (n) { comp } thumb wheel
[いっすんぼうし, issunboushi] (n) (1) dwarf; midget; elf; Tom Thumb; Jack Sprat; (2) Issun-boshi (Japanese fairytale)
[おしピン, oshi pin] (n) drawing pin; thumbtack; pushpin
[がびょう, gabyou] (n) drawing pin; thumb tack
[かじか;とふぎょ(杜父魚);カジカ, kajika ; tofugyo ( mori chichi sakana ); kajika] (n) (1) (uk) sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, inc. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); (2) Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
[ぎゅうじる, gyuujiru] (v5r, vt) to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
[ゆびずもう, yubizumou] (n) thumb wrestling
[しどうりん, shidourin] (n) { comp } thumb wheel
[しゅうじょうこつ, shuujoukotsu] (n) navicular bone (largest wrist bone on the thumb side); scaphoid (bone)
[ばちがい, bachigai] (exp, adj-na, n) out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; (P)
[おやトモ, oya tomo] (n) (obsc) (sl) (See 親指) keitai-mail friend (someone one keeps in touch with only by typing messages with one's thumb)
[おやゆびのつめ, oyayubinotsume] (exp, n) thumbnail
[おやゆびシフト, oyayubi shifuto] (n) { comp } thumb shift
[おやゆびシフトキーボード, oyayubi shifutoki-bo-do] (n) { comp } thumb shift keyboard
[じんぶつすんびょう, jinbutsusunbyou] (n) thumb-nail sketch
[すんぴょう, sunpyou] (n) brief review; thumbnail sketch
[すんびょう, sunbyou] (n) thumbnail (brief) sketch
[そうこうほう, soukouhou] (n) (See 単鉤法) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers
[おおまかに, oomakani] (exp) in broad terms; as a rule of thumb; loosely
[たんこうほう, tankouhou] (n) (See 双鉤法) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger
[つめいん, tsumein] (n) thumb print
[つまぐる, tsumaguru] (v5r, vt) to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers
[つまみねじ, tsumamineji] (n) (uk) thumbscrew
[びょう, byou] (n) rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
[ぼいん, boin] (n) thumbprint
[みどりのゆび, midorinoyubi] (n) (uk) green thumb (i.e. natural gardener)
[あた;た(咫), ata ; ta ( shi )] (n, n-suf, ctr) (arch) distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
[ぼいん, boin] (n) thumb print
[ぼし, boshi] (n) thumb; big toe
[ぼしたいこうせい;おやゆびたいこうせい, boshitaikousei ; oyayubitaikousei] (n) ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb