You need to be in good からだ if you wanna fight からて🥋

If you eat a lot of サラダ you will have a healthy からだ

(for the kanji) If you cut down the tree someone was resting under (休む), you will be left with nothing but a body.

People in カナダ have healthy からだ

サラダ is good for your からだ
(Salad is good for your body)

体/からだ is also written as 身体, but 身体 can also be read as しんたい, which is more academic/formal and しんたい only means the body of humans/large animals.
Credit: [japanese.stackexchange.com]

頭 (あたま) is the normal conversational word for "head". It's used in everyday speech and can also extend metaphorically (e.g. intelligence or the top/leader of something).

頭部 (とうぶ) is the anatomical, more formal term for the head, often used in medicine or accident reports (e.g. 頭部外傷).

頭脳 (ずのう) usually doesn't refer to the physical head at all. Instead, it means intellect or brainpower in an abstract or strategic sense (e.g. 頭脳明晰).

Get these thoughts atama (outta my) head

Atop ma head.

Ataman is also the Cossack word for chieftain/headperson!

The Kanji looks like it has a pair of eyebrows. Which are made of hair and are found on one's head.

Ah (あ), you're such an egg(たま) head.

目 (め) で 見る (みる、1)
耳 (みみ) で 聞く、聴く (きく、0)
鼻 (はな) で 嗅ぐ (かぐ、0)
口 (くち) で 話す (はなす、2)
手 (て) で 触る (さわる、0)

Can be use to count various things. Like in
一日目: 1st day, day one
一行目: 1st row
一列目: 1st line
etc...
Since I couldn't found the entry for most compounds words in renshuu and other dictionary (except for 一日目 but 二日目 was not here), I thought it was a good idea to add it somewhere.
Also 目 is read め and for the others part of the words, I think there are all on renshuu, so you can find the reading there.

You also see it in set phrases such as 目が高い (having refined taste / high standards) and 目が利く (having a sharp, discerning eye).
※ Here, 目 represents your ability to judge, notice, and evaluate things visually (and by extension, intuitively).

A few more common idiomatic phrases:
目が回る — "to be dizzy"; (figuratively) to be extremely busy or overwhelmed
目に浮かぶ — to picture, to come into one's mind

The cat's (め) went (ぐるぐる) as I waved the toy AROUND IN CIRCLES.

Our eyes met ("me"t)

y'see your expression 目色 is all about the colour 色 in your eyes 目

目 (め) で 見る (みる、1)
耳 (みみ) で 聞く、聴く (きく、0)
鼻 (はな) で 嗅ぐ (かぐ、0)
口 (くち) で 話す (はなす、2)
手 (て) で 触る (さわる、0)

Two common idiomatic expressions used in everyday conversation:
口がかたい — keeps secrets; doesn't talk (about private matters)
口が軽い — loose-lipped; quick to spill secrets

Could (く) you say cheese (ち) for the photo?

Using your *mouth* to say "coochie coochie coo" to babies

く: look like a mouth(duck's mouth)
ち: cheese(smile)

目 (め) で 見る (みる、1)
耳 (みみ) で 聞く、聴く (きく、0)
鼻 (はな) で 嗅ぐ (かぐ、0)
口 (くち) で 話す (はなす、2)
手 (て) で 触る (さわる、0)

耳にする is very common.

Stop complaining, to my ears it sounds like mimimimimi..

I have two ears, and they belong to ME and ME!

みみ is old, so you have to speak in her ears for her to hear you!

Beaker from sesame-street wished so much for having a pair of ears, that he wrote a famous song about it:
[www.youtube.com]called みみ.

目 (め) で 見る (みる、1)
耳 (みみ) で 聞く、聴く (きく、0)
鼻 (はな) で 嗅ぐ (かぐ、0)
口 (くち) で 話す (はなす、2)
手 (て) で 触る (さわる、0)

お手 is a command used with dogs meaning "give paw" or "shake", and it can also refer to the trick itself.
Example (dog training tutorial): [www.youtube.com]

Take my hand

Your hands have Ten (て) fingers.

Reach your 手 out and touch the cat's 毛

I decided to て-ke his *hand* and put て-mpura in it.
手 — looks a bit like fish skeleton, right?

The baby had one *foot/leg* out during the delivery and the father yelled out "it's a she!" (あし). Even the doctor was surprised he could tell by the foot

My ashi hurts so I go to the isha

"Ah shi!" sounds like something you'd say if you stepped your *foot* in something gross.

AH, SHE (あし) is into FEET.

Why is your foot so ashy?

You hashi(ru) with your ashi!

Ah she (足) broke her LEG. Now she has a dysfunctional GAIT.

One fairly common money-related idiomatic expression is 足が出る — meaning "to exceed the budget" or "to have a secret revealed".
Bonus: It's related to sense 7. and words like お足.

For toes, Japanese often adds 足の to the usual finger names:

足の親指 = big toe
足の人差し指 = second toe
足の中指 = middle toe
足の薬指 = fourth toe
足の小指 = little toe

Oooh ehhhh look at the view from up here!

Both う and え possess one stroke above.

"WHEre is the crack?" "Above you." "UEEE!!"

Princess YUE (pronounced Yu-ay) from Avatar the Last Airbender became the moon and floated high above everyone.

Look at the view from way (うえ) up here, above everyone else at the top of this summit!

Don't you hate it when you want to type "what's up" but you accidentally type "what's ue"?

German word for above is "UEber"

The table kanji from した (under), has been flipped upside down, the line that was once under the table (下), is now above it (上)

These dark clouds over me are making everything wet (うえ)

Think of “ue” as sounding like “way.”
So: うえ = way up / on top.

"ue" is two letters starting with "u"? Must be "up"!

-OH WHEre is your house?
-above on top of that mountain!

UE ! (Oué) I am feeling up today :)

Sorry, that's far down (した) on my to-do list, so I'll have to do it tomorrow (あした)

Where do you sleep? Under the sheet-ah! した

Tomorrow(あした) will be freezing , the temperature will be BELOW(した) zero!

The dead (しぬ) are buried beneath (した) the ground

The toilet is under you when you take a Shita (した)

There is nothing more peaceful than lying under the open sky and looking at the stars (した)s.

(The i in し is devoiced, so is sounds more like shta than shita.)

Sit down

The kanji looks like a table with something under it.

Shit(a)! I am feeling down today ...

Under ( 下 した) the desk pad ( 下敷き したじき), I found the draft* 📑( 下書き したがき).

"Sit down → shita"
When someone says “sit down,” you lower yourself. Sit down sounds close to shita.

Are you sure ( 確か ／たしか) this med 💊 is put under ( 下 ／した) the tongue ( 舌 ／した)?
Let me CONFIRM （ 確かめる ／たしかめる） with the doctor.🧑‍⚕️

Every morning is my morning (まい - あさ)

Every morning, Maya sat (まい あさ) down to eat breakfast

Nuances between 日ごと, 一日, 毎日:

彼は一日ごと(に)走る距離を長くしている。⇒毎日に近いですが、少しずつ増えていく意味が加わります。

彼は毎日走っている。⇒これは説明が要らないでしょう。

彼は一日に3キロ走る。⇒一日という期限、範囲のなかで。

[hinative.com]

Note that 毎日 is translated as every day, not everyday. See also 日常.

Every day is my day! (まい - にち)

"whose leg is itchy?"
"まい にち! Every day." (Mine itchy)

Waiting (まつ) for the week (しゅう) to end

Schumacher the F1 driver races at the WEEKEND. Look at SHUMATSU go round the track!

week = しゅう
end = まつ (sounds like festival = まつり)
*𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱* =「SHŪMATSU しゅうまつ」= time to have fun!

Leave your shoes on the SHOE MATTS (Shu Ma Tsu) when you visit us at the WEEKEND

i have to buy SHOE MATS on the weekend

There will be a festival まつり in the end of the week しゅう

sounds like the pitch accent for this one is shu/umatsu

しゅ↑うまつ　↑(particle)

A bit on its use as a greeting — お元気ですか / 元気ですか isn't commonly used in conversation as a general "how are you", since it puts mild pressure on the listener to report their condition. It can feel awkward with strangers, bosses, or coworkers. One situation where it is very natural is when meeting a friend you haven't seen in a while. Then you might say: ひさしぶり、元気？

Both 明るい and 元気 can describe a person, but they focus on different things.

明るい is more about personality / atmosphere. It's someone who feels cheerful, positive, easygoing, and pleasant to be around, like a person who is friendly, welcoming, and smiles often.

元気 is more about energy / vitality. Someone who's lively, healthy, and energetic, for example speaking in an energetic voice or moving around actively.

Note: You can be 明るい, but not 元気, or 元気, but not particularly 明るい.

Genki- like the Genki-dama from Dragon Ball. Spirit Bomb. Genki is full of spirit！

Professor Genki from Saints Row is a lively and energetic character…with tons of health!

Gen z is full of spirit - what about gen ki?

げんき is the name of the popular Japanese textbook. I heard it's very fit for study groups/classes. That's a lot of people. A lot of people gonna be lively/energetic. げんき will fit them.

Genji from Overwatch is fast and energetic

元 looks like pi from math. 気 looks like a treasure map. Notice the arrow above the map points to pie. This is because a treasure map to tasty pie is the secret to happiness.

2 二 legs 儿 to dance with spirit! 気

How are they excited with all that math?
元 looks like π, and 気 looks like it has a backwards square root of x

A GENie pops out of a lamp and hands you a magical KEY. When you hold this "Genie Key," you instantly feel super LIFELY, ENERGETIC, and FULLL OF SPIRIT. That's the power of being genki!

Genki Sudo from World Order is energetic and full of spirit! He must be healthy to do those dance moves.

SO, TOday I'll go outside.

I have a SOTO (sore toe) from walking outside without shoes

I practice Soto Zen by meditating outside.

I went outside to put salt (so-to) on the driveway because of the snow.

If by chance there are any French speakers here:« Va SAUTer dehors »

No you can’t take your vintage de Soto vehicle outside, it will rust!

So, today I took a photo of the soto (outside).

I am SORT OF outside when I sit on my balcony

SOTO (そと) = Space Outside, The Open (air)

"So tough outside"
Picture someone stepping outside into the blazing sun or freezing cold and saying, “It’s so tough out here!”

Both 起こる and 起きる can be used interchangeably when referring to an event happening. But only 起きる can mean waking up.

起き上がる — like 起きる, means to get up, but emphasizes the physical effort; can be from any lower position — lying, sitting, even kneeling. Does NOT mean waking up from sleep.

起きる has a meaning of both "wake up" and "get up", but 起き上がる only means "get up"
Source: [hinative.com]

Every day I *wake up*/*get up* and say to myself "This is a big (おき) day, you can do it!"

Oh (お), I'll kill you (きる) if you ask me to wake up before 6am again!

Get up, wake up Okiru (okay)

What do you mean I have to get up? OK, rude (oh ki rude)...

If you wake me up again, I'll kill you (おきる).

If you play fighting games, a get up attack or strat is referred to as OKI. Ezpz for the fgc

Solo Leveling "Okiru!" -> Arise!

You GET UP from your seat.
“What was I going to do again…?
Oh (お) kill (きる), that’s right.”

Sung Jin-Woo from Solo Leveling every time after he killed a strong opponent and extracts his soul from the dead body.

歩く is the most common and general word to say "to walk".
歩む also means "to walk" but it carries a more poetic or metaphorical connotation.
Finally, 散歩する means more specifically "to take a walk" or "to take a stroll". It implies walking leisurely just for walking rather than walking as a mean of transportation or towards a destination.

W-A-L/ru-Ku

In French, a rue is a road or street, so you aruku on the rue.

Sorry in advance...

"I would walk 500 miles,
and I would walk 500 more,
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles to fall down at your door"
-Lyrics from "I'm gonna be" by The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are... aruku duo! (a rock duo) (I'm so sorry)

Walking with you to Aruku (a lake)

Ahあ, runる, couldく you? No? Let's walk, then.

I took my dog on aruku (a walk).

You're walking with someone and they say "ahh(あ), look(るく) a wasp"

aruku (I look) a bit silly walking but I don't care

"Are you cool"「ARUKU あるく」*𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸* after twisting your ankle?

a rook(u) can walk across the chest board

While i was WALKING i tripped on A RU KU (a rock)

I look good あるく when I walk 😏

Imagine a rook from a chessboard walking (あるく) across the board instead of moving in straight lines.

I went for a WALK and saw A ROOK (あるく）

駆ける (かける) - "Run Swiftly" or "Dash": Implies running quickly, often with a sense of urgency or purpose. It conveys a more spirited or dynamic action compared to just running.
Example: 子供たちは野原を駆け回った。 (The children dashed around the field.)

走る (はしる) - "Run": The general term for running, focusing on the basic act of moving quickly on foot. It is used in a wide range of contexts.
Example: 彼は毎朝公園を走ります。 (He runs in the park every morning.)

In summary, 駆ける suggests a faster, more purposeful dash, while 走る is a more general term for the act of running.

According to my tutor, can be used to describe the act of riding a bicycle. What you are riding the bicycle on/along gets the を particle.

Hush (はし)! Don't RUN when people are sleeping!

Move those legs (あし), and now over the bridge (HASHI) - RUn!

Hurry catch the chopsticks (はし)! they're running (はしる) away like a little pair of legs!

Ha! She ru(ns) faster than me?
は! し るns faster than me?

If u watched Demon Slayer u know Hashiras and they hashiru fast

"Hashiru" sounds like "hashi" (chopsticks) and "ru" (run).

Imagine someone telling you, "Don’t run (る) with chopsticks (はし) in your hands—you might hurt yourself!"

はしら from Kimetsu No Yaiba need to はしる(run) to catch demons

Don't RUN(走る/はしる) on the BRIDGE(橋/はし).

See Spot run. See how she runs (ha shi runs). Run Spot, run!

- from a classic American kids' book

Never run 「はしる」 with chopsticks 「はし」in your hands! It’s dangerous!

For the Fate/Grand Order fans, the padoru song begins with:
hashire sori yo (dashing through the snow)

The first kanji has the the kanji for Mizu 水 (water) inside of it!

4. "to totter, to lose one's balance" — This sense survives mainly in idiomatic usage, especially 目が泳ぐ, meaning that one's eyes will not settle and keep darting around due to mental unease.
It typically describes being nervous, flustered, confused, or guilty (e.g. when lying or caught off guard).

Oh (o) you (yo) go (gu) SWIMMING !

Imagine someone swimming in yogourt. OH, YOGUrt?!

O i eat YOGUrt to build my muscles, so I can swim across the Canal*

*The water between France and the UK

Oh, you're good (およぐ) at swimming!

You wanna swim? Oyogu (oh, you go) ahead cause I can't

"Oyogu" sounds like "Oh, Yogi".

Imagine Yogi Bear jumping into a lake, and you shout, "Oh, Yogi, swim!" as he happily swims around.

A swimming pool filled with goo. “Oh, yo! Goo!”

im ready to win the olympic gold for swimming real good. as i dive into the pool, i see the water has been replaced with something thick and white and delicious. its too late. my last words are "oh! yogu-"

Me: Oh! Yogurt! Wanna swim?
Gurt: Yo!

So when we go swimming, おur よungest Goes Under water.

You’re filthy! You need to go SWIMMING to get rid of ALL YOUR GOO! (およぐ)