Editing Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Parts-of-the-Body

<div class="pg_page_title">Parts of the body in Japanese</div>
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You will find below a list of common words and expressions that use parts of the body. 

Finally watch our video to listen and repeat.

== Vocabulary ==

Here is how to say the parts of the body in japanese:

{| class="wikitable" style="border:5px outset #8a2be2; border-radius: 9px; font: normal 15px/150% Times New Roman, Times, serif; padding:10px;"
!'''Japanese'''
!'''Japanese (transliteration)'''
!'''English'''
|-
|体 
|karada|| body
|-
|肢体 
|shitai|| limbs
|-
|髪 
|kami||hair
|-
|頭  
|atama ||head
|-
|顔  
|kao || face
|-
|耳 
|mimi  ||ear
|-
|首 
|kubi  ||neck
|-
|目 
|me  ||eye
|-
|鼻 
|hana  || nose
|-
|頬 
|hoho  || cheek
|-
|口 
|kuchi  || mouth 
|-
|唇 
|kuchibiru  || lips 
|-
|喉 
|nodo  ||throat 
|-
|歯 
|ha  ||tooth
|-
|胸 
|mune  || chest
|-
|腹 
|hara  || stomach
|-
|膝 
|hiza  ||knee
|-
|足首 
|ashikubi  || ankle
|-
|足  
|ashi || foot / leg
|-
|つま先 
|tsumasaki  ||toe
|-
|腕 
|ude  ||arm
|-
|肩  
|kata ||shoulder
|-
|肘 
|hiji  ||elbow
|-
|手首 
|tekubi  || wrist
|-
|手 
|te  ||hand
|-
|指 
|yubi  ||finger
|-
|爪  
|tsume || fingernail
|-
|背中 
|senaka  ||back
|}

There is some interesting points. 

For some parts of the body, for example in hand and wrist we can see the kanji '''手.''' In the words ankle and leg we can see the kanji '''足.''' So, we can easily understand the relation between close limbs. 

=== Fingers ===

{| class="wikitable" style="border:5px outset #8a2be2; border-radius: 9px; font: normal 15px/150% Times New Roman, Times, serif; padding:10px;"
!'''Japanese'''
!'''Japanese (transliteration)'''
!'''English'''
|-
|親指 
|oyayubi  ||thumb
|-
|人差し指 
|hitosashiyubi  ||index finger
|-
|中指  
|nakayubi ||middle finger
|-
|薬指 
|kusuriyubi  || ring finger
|-
|小指  
|koyubi || small finger
|}

== Common idioms ==

Ō me ni miru / 大目に見る : to stare somebody with large eye. Means, to be caring.

In French, it exists a similar expression but with the opposite meaning : “faire les gros yeux”.

This means to be not satisfy by the behavior of other people.

{| class="wikitable" style="border:5px outset #8a2be2; border-radius: 9px; font: normal 15px/150% Times New Roman, Times, serif; padding:10px;"
!'''Japanese'''
!'''Japanese (transliteration)'''
!'''English'''
|-
| 頭があかりません
|Atama ga akarimasen || I can’t hold my head high. When you are grateful and you want to show it to somebody, you say this!
|-
|お腹がすいた 
|O naka ga suita || to get stomach empty 
|-
|お腹がいっぱい 
|O naka ga ippai || to get stomach full.
|-
| 喉が渇いた 
|Nodo ga kawaita ||to become thirsty
|-
| 耳がタコになる
|Mimi ga tako ni naru || talking unceasingly the same thing and annoying people.
|}

==VIDEOS==
<youtube>l_eYwLV_x8w</youtube>

This video is cut in several parts Here is the PART 1 but you can easily navigate to the other parts.

==Authors==
[https://polyglotclub.com/member/BriceJ BriceJ]

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