Need help with identifying facial features in Japanese? This cheat sheet is perfect to help you learn new Japanese terminology and vocabulary related to facial features.

This will come in handy should you visit drugstores or the doctor while in Japan. Facial features are also a common part of everyday conversation between people. These vocabulary are common in movies, music, and television as well.

Japanese Facial Feature Vocabulary Sentence Examples –

Here is how you form basic sentences with the terminology :

Example 1 :

かみのけがながくなったので、みじかくきりました。

kaminoke ga nagaku natta node, mijikaku kiri mashita.

My hair had gotten long, so I had it cut shorter.

Example 2 :

パソコンをながいじかん みたせいで、しかくがわるくなっていた。

pasokon wo nagai jikan mita sei de, shikaku ga waruku natte ita.

My eyesight was getting worse because I looked at my computer for a long time.

Japanese Facial Features Vocabulary –

Japanese	Pronunciation	Meaning
あご	ago	Chin
はな	hana	Nose
みみ	mimi	Ear
まつげ	matsuga	Eyelash
まぶた	mabuta	Eyelid
かみのけ	kaminoke	Hair
おでこ	odeko	Forehead
まゆげ	mayuge	Eyebrow
め	me	Eye
ほお	hō	Cheek
くち	kuchi	Mouth
くちびる	kuchibiru	Lips
は	ha	Teeth

5 senses –

Japanese	Pronunciation	Meaning
きゅうかく	kyuukaku	Smell
みかく	mikaku	Taste
しかく	shikaku	Sight
ちょうかく	choukaku	Hearing
しょっかく	shokkaku	Touch

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