Body and Health Flashcards
あたま
Head
ひたい
Forehead
かお
Face
め
Eye
はな
Nose
くち
Mouth
は
Tooth
した
Tongue
みみ
Ear
ほほ
Cheek
あたまが いい/わるい
Head is good/bad: used to say someone is smart or dumb
アメリカじんは はなが たかい けど、 にほんじんは はなが ひくい。
Americans have big noses, but Japanese people have small noses (note that tall and short are used as big and small in the context of noses)
くび
Neck
かた
Shoulder
むね
Chest
うで
Arm
ひじ
Elbow
て
Hand
てくび
Wrist
ゆび
Finger
つめ
Fingernail
ふとい
Fat
ほそい
Slender
わたしは ゆびが ほそい です
I have Slender Fingers
ウエスト
Waist
あし
Leg/Foot
ひざ
Knee
あしくび
Ankle
あしの ゆび
Toes
け
Hair
かみの け
Head Hair
せ
Stature (when calling someone tall you would say their stature is tall in a sentence e.g. すずきさんは せが たかい - Suzuki’s stature is tall)
いたい
Painful (adj)
すてき
Charming (Na Adj)
すずきさんは かみのけが くろい
Suzuki has black hair
せなか
Back
で
Can be used as the te form of desu
ジョンさんは アメリカじん で、 めが みどりろ です
John is American, and his eyes are green.
げんき
Healthy / Health (often used to ask if someone is doing okay)
びょうき
Sick / Sickness (properly sick, need the doctor sick)
ぐあい
Condition
どう
How?
かぜ
A Cold
ひきます / ひいて
To Pull / To Catch (a cold)
インフルエンザ
The flu (influenza)
ちょうと
A Little
どても
Very
ぐあいが わるい
“The status is bad” - not feeling very well
ねつ
Fever (use arimasu to indicate you have one)
あかります / あかって
To go up / rise (and its te form)
さがります / さがって
To go down / to descend (and its te form)
せき
Cough
げり
Diarrhea
はなみず
Runny nose / Snot (literally means nose water)
でます / でて
To go out / to come out (and its te form)
かみます / かんで
To Blow (one’s nose) (and its te form)
きにょうび から せきが でます
I’ve had a cough since friday (literally meaning: coughs come out since friday)
すずきさんは はなを かみました
Suzuki blew his nose
びょうにん
Sick person
びょういん
Hospital
おいしゃ
Doctor
かんごふ
Nurse
くすり
Medicine (when used in a sentence it is always drank, not taken)
ちゅうしゃ
injection
うけます / うけて
To receive (and its te form)
~ど
Times (as in the number of times ichi-do meaning one time for example)
そして
Then, after that…
たくさん
A lot
たくさんの
A lot of
たくさんの みずが あります
There is a lot of water
ちゅうしゃを うけます
To receive an injection