Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 膝下
- (n) near one's knee; below one's knee
彼はまもなく親の膝元を離れる。
He leaves the parental roof soon. - under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
- territory of a powerful person
- address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter
