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Japanese vocabulary on body parts

Hi everyone! In this post, we will introduce to you the lesson: Japanese vocabulary on body parts.

Japanese vocabulary on body parts

Head and neck parts :

Head and neck parts

頭 – あたま – atama : head

髪の毛 – かみのけ – kaminoke : hair

首 – くび – kubi : neck

耳 – mimi : ear

のど – nodo : throat

頭頂部 – touchoubu : area at top of head

前頭部 – zentoubu : front, forehead

後頭部 – koutoubu : back of head

脳 – のう・なずき – nou, nazuki : brain

Facial parts

睫毛 – まつげ – matsuge : eyelashes

眉 – まゆ – mayu : eyebrow

目・眼 – め・まなこ – me, manako : eye

瞳・眸・睛 – ひとみ – hitomi : pupil (of eye)

髭・鬚・髯 – ひげ – hige : beard

頬 – ほお – hoo : cheek (of face)

額 – hitai : forehead

瞼 – まぶた – mabuta : eyelid

鼻 – はな – hana : nose

耳 – みみ – mimi : ear

口 – くち – kuchi / 口角 – こうかく – koukaku : mouth / corners of the mouth

唇 – くちびる – kuchibiru : lips

歯 – は – ha : tooth

舌 – した – shita / べろ – bero : tongue

顎 – あご・あぎと – ago, agito : chin, jaw

項 – うなじ – unaji : nape of the neck

下あご – shita ago : lower jaw

旋毛 – つむじ – tsumuji : hair whorl

Body parts

上半身 – じょうはんしん – jouhanshin : upper half of body

下半身 – かはんしん – kahanshin : lower half of body

胴 – どう – dou : body, torso

肩 – かた – kata : shoulder

脇・腋 – わき – waki : armpit

胸 – むね – mune : chest, breast

腹・肚 – はら – hara : stomach, abdomen, belly

臍 – へそ – heso : belly button

背中 – senaka : back (of body)

腰 – こし – koshi : waist

尻・臀 – しり – shiri : buttocks

Arm parts

手 て te : hand, arm

上肢(じょうし)joushi : upper limbs

腕(うで・かいな)  ude : arm

上腕(じょうわん)jouwan : upper arm

前腕(ぜんわん)zenwan : forearm

肘・肱・臂・(ひじ)hiji : elbow

手首    てくび    tekubi : wrist

手の掌(てのひら)te no hira : palm (of one’s hand)

指(ゆび)yubi : finger

爪(つめ)tsume : nail

親指    おやゆび    oyayubi : thumb

人差し指    ひとさしゆび    hitosashi yubi : index finger

中指 なかゆび    naka yubi : middle finger

薬指 くすりゆび    kusuri yubi : ring finger

小指 こゆび    koyubi : little finger

Leg parts

足・脚(あし)ashi : foot, leg

下肢  kashi : lower limbs

爪先(つまさき)tsumasaki : tip of the toes

腿・股(もも・また)momo – mata : thigh

膝(ひざ・ひかがみ)hiza, hikagami : knee

脛(すね・はぎ)sune, hagi : shin, lower leg

踝(くるぶし)kurubushi : ankle

踵(かかと・きびす)kakato : heel (of foot)

Internal organs

心臓 shizou : heart

肝臓 kanzou : liver

腎臓 jinzou : kidney

気管 kikan : trachea

血管 kekkan : blood vessel

胃 i : stomach

胃腸 ichou : stomach and intestines, digestive organs

大腸 daichou : colon

膀胱 boukou : urinary bladder

胆嚢 tannou : gall bladder

Other body parts

皮 kawa : skin

筋肉 kinniku : muscle

毛 ke : hair

タン tan : phlegm, sputum

骨 hone : bone

動脈 : artery

静脈 joumyaku : vein

A song about body parts

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