Fingers in Japanese 指 YUBI!

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Fingers in Japanese 指 YUBI!

middle finger in Japanese is 中指（NAKA YUBI）!

index finger in Japanese is 人差し指（HITOSASHI YUBI）!

ring finger in Japanese is 薬指（KUSURI YUBI）!

Q. Why do you call the ring finger 薬指 (medicine finger) in Japanese?

A. Traditionally, the ring finger was used to touch medicine in Japan.

small finger in Japanese is 小指（KOYUBI）!

thumb in Japanese is 親指（OYAYUBI）!

Japanese Vocabulary – Body Parts 体 – Review Notes

Today we learned how to say some body parts in Japanese! In these review notes, we will go over all the Japanese vocabulary that was in the video and we will see a list of more body parts in Japanese!

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Today’s Japanese Vocabulary Lesson is:

body parts in japanese

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karada

★ Body in Japanese is 体 (からだ – karada).

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atama

★ The Japanese word for head is 頭 (あたま – atama).

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★ The Japanese word for eye(s) is 目 (め – me).

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mimi

★ The Japanese word for ear(s) is 耳 (みみ – mimi)

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hana

★ Nose in Japanese is 鼻 (はな – hana).

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kuchi

★ Mouth in Japanese is 口 (くち – kuchi).

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mune

★ Chest in Japanese is 胸 (むね – mune).

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onaka

★ Stomach in Japanese is お腹 (おなか – onaka).

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ude

★ Arm(s) in Japanese is 腕 (うで – ude).

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★ Hand(s) in Japanese is 手 (て – te).

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ashi

★ leg(s) in Japanese is 脚 (あし – ashi).

★ foot/feet in Japanese is also pronounced あし (ashi) but the kanji is different: 足

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More Body Parts:

Face kao 顔（かお）

Cheek(s) hoppeta/hoho ほっぺた/頬

Forehead odeko/hitai おでこ/ ひたい

Teeth ha 歯（は）

Tongue shita 舌（した）

Lips kuchibiru 唇（くちびる）

Hair (on head) kami 髪（かみ）

Neck kubi 首（くび）

Throat nodo 喉（のど）

shoulder(s) kata 肩（かた）

elbow(s) hiji 肘（ひじ）

wrist(s) tekubi 手首（てくび）

back senaka 背中（せなか）

hips/lower back koshi 腰（こし）

knee(s) hiza 膝（ひざ）

ankle(s) ashikubi 足首（あしくび）

finger(s) yubi 指（ゆび）

nail(s) tsume 爪（つめ）

toe(s) tsumasaki 爪先（つまさき）

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Conclusion:

We learned a lot of body parts in Japanese today! If you want to know the Japanese word for any body parts (keep it PG!!) that we didn’t mention, ask us in the comment section below!

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