1.
below the knee; knee-length
The part of the leg just below the kneecap, or — most commonly — the length of clothing or footwear that reaches to just below the knee. Used in clothing measurements and fashion descriptions.
膝下丈のスカートを選んだ。
I chose a knee-length skirt.
転んで膝下を怪我した。
I fell and injured myself below the knee.
制服の規定でスカートの長さは膝下五センチまでと決められている。
School uniform rules specify that skirt length must be no more than five centimeters below the knee.
Compound of 膝 (knee) + 下 (below). The same characters can also be read ひざもと in formal/literary contexts (meaning 'at one's knee' or 'in one's care'), but ひざした is the common reading in modern use.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 膝下丈: knee-length
- 膝下まで: to below the knee
- 膝下ソックス: knee-high socks
- 膝下五センチ: five centimeters below the knee
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 膝上: above the knee — the opposite
- {ふくらはぎ}: calf — the muscle on the back of the lower leg