N21481/1725

臍へそ

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

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へそ

Meanings

navel, belly button
protrusion or depression in the middle of an object
center, centre, most important part, main point

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Example sentences

赤あかちゃんのへそはとても小ちいさくてかわいい。

A baby's belly button is very small and cute.

プールで泳およぐとき、へそまで水みずにつかった。

When swimming in the pool, I was submerged up to my belly button.

この地域ちいきは日本にほんのへそと呼よばれるほど中心ちゅうしんに位置いちしている。

This region is so centrally located that it is called the navel of Japan.

へそのゴマをきちんと掃除そうじしないと、においが気きになることがある。

If you don't clean the lint from your belly button properly, the smell can bother you.

古来こらいより、へそは人体じんたいの中心ちゅうしんと見みなされ、特別とくべつな意味いみを持もつと信しんじられてきた。

Since ancient times, the navel has been regarded as the center of the human body and believed to hold special significance.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)