Word dump: body parts
(Written on 9:15 AM 9/4/2006 GMT+7)
This very large (50) word dump boosts my word count to 1542:
| Kanji | Kana | English |
|---|---|---|
| おでこ | forehead | |
| ひたい | forehead | |
| かみ | hair | |
| みみくそ | earwax | |
| ほお | cheek (of face) | |
| ひげ | moustache, beard | |
| あご | chin, jaw | |
| ほおひげ | sideburns | |
| まつ毛 | まつげ | eyelashes |
| はな | nose | |
| びこう | nostril | |
| まゆげ | eyebrows | |
| まぶた | eyelids | |
| とうこつ | skull | |
| ぬめり | mucus | |
| は | tooth | |
| した | tongue | |
| ベロ | tongue | |
| つば | saliva | |
| のど | throat | |
| かわ | skin | |
| ひふ | skin | |
| つめ | fingernail or toenail | |
| おやゆび | thumb | |
| ひとさしゆび | index finger | |
| なかゆび | middle finger | |
| くすりゆび | ring finger | |
| こゆび | little finger | |
| えきか | armpit | |
| ふし | knuckle | |
| ひじ | elbow | |
| ひざ | knee | |
| また | thigh | |
| もも | thigh | |
| ふくらはぎ | calf (of leg) | |
| 足首 | あしくび | ankle |
| しり | buttocks | |
| こし | hip | |
| ようぶ | waist | |
| はい | lung | |
| きも | liver | |
| かんぞう | liver | |
| ちょう | intestines | |
| じんぞう | kidney | |
| しんけい | nerve | |
| すじ | muscle | |
| きんにく | muscle | |
| ちんちん | penis | |
| ちつ | vagina | |
| あしのゆび | toe |
Because my word count has reached 1500, I will now switch to drilling mode. I’ll print all of those words and repeatedly test myself. The test will be bidirectional, from Japanese to English and the other way around.
But before printing, I have to tidy my word count. There are many Japanese homos (homonym, homophone, etc), and I don’t usually memorize all the meanings at the same time. Therefore, あまい which means “sweet” and あまい which means “naive” could be input at different periods and therefore be in 2 different entries. Tidying means combining those 2 entries into 1 entry あまい which means “sweet, naive”.
It shouldn’t be too hard because I’ve tagged those entries which needs to be tidied. This tidying will certainly reduce my word count, but it should still be above 1500.
September 9th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
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