Meanings
Noun
1. body
2. oneself
3. one's place; one's position
4. main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
body; one's fortune
toddler clothes (by children after age 3, before age 5); baby clothes
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
living body; flesh and blood; fresh fish
one side of a body
cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other); kimono made for young children
length (of clothing)
all one has; all one's possessions
width of a garment
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
long blade
vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding
one's living; one's livelihood
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
living flesh; flesh and blood
narrow; thin (sized); slender
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
gesture; gesticulation; motion
relation; relative; kind; cordial
fat (of meat); fatty meat
you; myself; oneself
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
moving about; stirring about
stirring; slight movement
one's person
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
you
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
next in line; heir
body and soul; mind and body
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
one's physical safety; personal security
stature; body height
relative; relation
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
writhing (in agony)
naked body
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
freedom; free man; free woman
one's best interests; one's own good
egg yolk
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
posture; attitude
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
one's future course
one's whole body
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
pregnant
body hair
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
captive; prisoner
flesh and bones
the human body; one's person
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
dressing oneself; personal grooming
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow
shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish
being doxxed; being doxed; having one's personal information revealed online (against one's will)
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
favoritism (towards relatives); favouritism; nepotism
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
strutting; sticking out the chest
appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status
what action to take; what to do with oneself
dress; outfit; equipment
real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)
floating on one's back
body of a garment; bodice
thin slice of meat or fish; (arch.) briefly salt-pickled fish slice
wretched life; life of misery
mutual assistance; mutual sympathy
one's own money
baby clothes
traveling alone and with little luggage (travelling)
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
at the risk of one's life; dead body
flesh of a blueback fish
person always at one's side
easy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes; soon gotten soon spent
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
art brings bread
pushing an opponent out with one's body
self-conceit; neglecting one's health
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
sliced raw fish
(being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty
whale tail
taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)
a quick thrust of the hand
cutting blade of a plane
kanji "body" radical at left
what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man
a watched pot never boils
moderation is its own medicine; take care of your stomach; don't overeat
words betray one's character
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
bad deeds punish themselves; you reap what you sow
I; me
Examples (16 in total)
A misfortune befell him.
She adorned herself with jewels.
I wonder what happened to Paul.