Lingaku肩をすくめる【かたをすくめる】
Frequency rank: 3,588. – 3,591.
- to shrug one's shoulders
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Ichidan verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to shrug one's shoulders
This expression is used to describe the action of raising one's shoulders as a gesture of indifference, uncertainty, or lack of knowledge about a situation.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shouldersぎもん疑問にかたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shoulders in doubtかたをすくめる肩をすくめるしせい姿勢the posture of shrugging one's shouldersはなし話をきいて聞いてかたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shoulders while listening to a storyかたをすくめる肩をすくめるくせ癖a habit of shrugging one's shouldersあいて相手のことば言葉にかたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shoulders at someone's wordsむかんしん無関心でかたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shoulders in indifferenceせつめい説明をきいて聞いてかたをすくめる肩をすくめるto shrug one's shoulders after hearing an explanation