Japanese Vocabulary List : The human body

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Here’s a complete Japanese vocabulary list about the human body. Increase your Japanese vocabulary fast and efficiently with this useful words list!

ENGLISH	ROMAJI	JAPANESE
ARMS	ARMS	ARMS
an armpit	wakinoshita	脇の下
the forearm	zenwan	前腕
the shoulder	kata	肩
the elbow	hiji	肘
the wrist	tekubi	手首
a biceps	jōwan ni tōsuji	上腕二頭筋
an arm	ude	腕
a fist	kobushi	拳
a triceps	san tōsuji	三頭筋
THE HAND	TE	手
a hand	te	手
a thumb	oyayubi	親指
fingers	yubi	指
knuckles	nakkuru	ナックル
the middle finger	nakayubi	中指
the ring finger	kusuriyubi	薬指
the index finger / forefinger	hitosashiyubi / hitosashiyubi	人差し指/人差し指
the little finger / pinkie	koyubi / koyubi	小指/小指
a nail / a fingernail	tsume / yubi no tsume	爪/指の爪
the palm	tenohira	手のひら
UPPER BODY	JŌHANSHIN	上半身
the abdomen / the belly / the stomach	fukubu / fukubu / i	腹部/腹部/胃
the shoulder blade	kata kōkotsu	肩甲骨
the backbone	bakkubōn	バックボーン
the chest	mune	胸
the waist	koshi	腰
the back	senaka	背中
the navel / bellybutton	o heso / heso	おへそ/へそ
ribs	ribu	リブ
breasts	chibusa	乳房
nipples	chikubi	乳首
LOWER BODY	KAHANSHIN	下半身
the ankle	ashikubi	足首
behind, butt	ushiro , o shiri	後ろ、お尻
buttocks	denbu	臀部
the big toe	oyayubi	親指
the calf / calves	fukura hagi / fukura hagi	ふくらはぎ/ふくらはぎ
a foot / feet	ashi / fīto	足/フィート
the heel	kakato	かかと
the hip	hippu	ヒップ
a knee	hiza	膝
a leg	ashi	足
the sole	sōru	ソール
the thigh	futomomo	太もも
a toe	tsumasaki	つま先
a toenail	ashi no tsume	足の爪
ORGANS	KIKAN	器官
Achilles tendon	akiresuken	アキレス腱
cartilage	nankotsu	軟骨
large intestine	daichō	大腸
small intestine	shōchō	小腸
the aorta	daidōmyaku	大動脈
the appendix	furoku	付録
the stomach	i	胃
the small intestine	shōchō	小腸
the oesophagus	shokudō	食道
the urethra	nyōdō	尿道
the womb / uterus	shikyū / shikyū	子宮/子宮
the prostate	zenritsusen	前立腺
the spleen	hizō	脾臓
the thyroid gland	kōjōsen	甲状腺
the trachea, the windpipe	kikan , kikan	気管、気管
the jugular vein	jōmyaku	頸静脈
the pulmonary vein	hai jōmyaku	肺静脈
the gall bladder / gallbladder	tannō / tannō	胆嚢/胆嚢
the bladder	bōkō	膀胱
the brain	nō	脳
the heart	shinzō	心臓
the colon	koron	コロン
the diaphragm	daiyafuramu	ダイヤフラム
the liver	kanzō	肝臓
the larynx	kōtō	喉頭
the pancreas	suizō	膵臓
the penis	penisu	ペニス
the sternum/ breast bone	kyōkotsu / kyōkotsu	胸骨/胸骨
the vagina	chitsu	膣
the tonsils	hentōsen	扁桃腺
the bronchus / bronchial tubes	kikanshi / kikanshi	気管支/気管支
the ribs	rokkotsu	肋骨
bowels, intestines	chō , chō	腸、腸
genitals	seiki	性器
the lungs	hai	肺
kidneys	jinzō	腎臓
ligament	jintai	靱帯
rectum	chokuchō	直腸
an organ	zōki	臓器
a tendon	ken	腱
a blood vessel	kekkan	血管
an artery	dōmyaku	動脈
a vein	jōmyaku	静脈
SKELETON	SUKERUTON	スケルトン
a bone	hone	骨
the breast bone	kyōkotsu	胸骨
the carpus	te ne	手根
the collarbone / clavicle	sakotsu / sakotsu	鎖骨/鎖骨
the femur	daitaibone	大腿骨
the fibula	hikotsu	腓骨
thigh bone / femur	daitaibone / daitaibone	大腿骨/大腿骨
humerus	jōwanbone	上腕骨
the ilium	iriumu	イリウム
the kneecap	shitsugaikotsu	膝蓋骨
the marrow	kotsuzui	骨髄
the metacarpals	nakatebone	中手骨
the metatarsals	chū ashibone	中足骨
the patella	shitsugaikotsu	膝蓋骨
the pelvis	kotsuban	骨盤
the phalanx / phalanxes	farankusu / farankusu	ファランクス/ファランクス
the radius	hankei	半径
a rib	rokkotsu	肋骨
the rib cage	kyōkaku	胸郭
the sacrum	senkotsu	仙骨
the shoulder blade	kata kōkotsu	肩甲骨
the skeleton	sukeruton	スケルトン
the skull	zugaikotsu	頭蓋骨
the spine / backbone	sekitsui / bakkubōn	脊椎/バックボーン
the tarsus	ashi ne	足根
the tibia	keikotsu	脛骨
the ulnar bone	shakubone	尺骨
a vertebra / vertebrae	sekitsui / sekitsui	脊椎/脊椎
OTHER USEFUL WORDS
tears	namida	涙
mucus	neneki	粘液
blood	ketsueki	血液
semen	seieki	精液
vomit	ōto	嘔吐
urine	nyō	尿
the bile	tanjū	胆汁
the flesh	niku	肉
the fat	shibō	脂肪
the skin	hifu	皮膚
saliva / spit	daeki / tsuba	唾液/唾
the sweat / the perspiration	ase / ase	汗/汗
the pulse	myaku	脈
the digestive system	shōkakikei	消化器系
the nervous system	shinkeikei	神経系
the limbs	teashi	手足
a muscle	kinniku	筋肉
a nerve	shinkei	神経
a joint	kansetsu	関節
a gland	sen	腺