Japanese Body Vocabulary
The 22 beginner words (A1–A2) for body, with their English translations and part of speech, across 5 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
The 22 beginner words (A1–A2) for body, with their English translations and part of speech, across 5 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ear | 耳mimi | noun | A1 |
| eye | 目me | noun | A1 |
| hand | 手te | noun | A1 |
| head | 頭atama | noun | A1 |
| leg | 脚ashi | noun | A1 |
| mouth | 口kuchi | noun | A1 |
| nose | 鼻hana | noun | A1 |
| toe | 足の指ashi no yubi | noun | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| arm | 腕ude | noun | A1 |
| bone | 骨hone | noun | A1 |
| neck | 首kubi | noun | A1 |
| shoulder | 肩kata | noun | A1 |
| ankle | 足首ashikubi | noun | A2 |
| blood | 血chi | noun | A2 |
| chest | 胸mune | noun | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| hair | 髪kami | noun | A1 |
| knee | 膝hiza | noun | A1 |
| face | 顔kao | noun | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheek | 頬hoo | noun | A2 |
| chin | 顎ago | noun | A2 |
| lip | 唇kuchibiru | noun | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| brain | 脳nou | noun | A1 |
Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch
These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The body packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.
The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.
