Body Parts in Japanese: 1 cheat sheet for every part

Need help with learning body parts in Japanese? Check out the cheat sheet that we have created below!

Knowing the Japanese terminology will ensure that in event of an injury, you will be able to properly communicate with the Japanese doctors and nurses in hospitals and clinics in Japan.

There are just as many words in Japanese as there are in English for body parts — and there’s a lot of them. So learning how to properly pronounce the different parts of the human anatomy will be very helpful to you when you move to Japan and live here.

We also have a cheat sheet for internal organs for you.

Japanese Body Parts Vocabulary sentence examples –

Here is how you form basic sentences with the terminology :

Example 1 :

わたしのてあしはながいです。

watashi no teashi wa nagai desu.

My hands and legs are long.

Example 2 :

かれはゆびをパチンとならした。

kare wa yubi o pachin to narashita.

He snapped his fingers, making a sound.

Japanese Body Parts Vocabulary – からだのぶぶん

Japanese	Pronunciation	Meaning
かた	Kata	Shoulder
むね	Mune	Chest
こし	Koshi	Wasit
なか	Onaka	Stomach
ふともも	Futomono	Thigh
ひざ	Hiza	Knee
あし	Ashi	Feet
あし	Ashi	Leg
うで	Ude	Arm
て	Te	Hand
あたま	Atama	Head
くび	Kubi	Neck
ひじ	Hiji	Elbow

Fingers – ゆび

Japanese	Pronunciation	Meaning
てのひら	tenohira	Palm
おやゆび	oyayubi	Thumb
ひとさしゆび	hitosashi yubi	Index Finger
なかゆび	nakayubi	Middle Finger
くすりゆび	kusuriyubi	Ring Finger
こゆび	Koyubi	Pinky
しょうもん	shōmon	Palm Print
てのこう	tenokō	Back of the hand
しもん	shimon	Fingerprint
つめ	tsume	Nail

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