creds to omniglot blog

Have you ever wanted to know what to call you fingers in Japanese? Well, here’s a list including the English name, Japanese name, and literal translation.

1. thumb: 親指（おやゆび）”parent finger”
2. pointer/index/forefinger: 人差し指（ひとさしゆび） “people pointing finger”
3. middle finger: 中指（なかゆび）”middle finger”
4. ring finger: 薬指（くすりゆび） “medicine finger”
5. pinky: 小指（こゆび）”little finger”

It’s interesting to note how pointer finger and middle finger are about the same in both languages.

👉👉👉 This post on how I learned to speak like a native Japanese may interest you.👈👈👈

See what I did with the”hitosashiyubi” there? 😉