Illustration: On the shaded veranda of a Japanese home, an adult wearing a T-shirt and loose shorts lifts the shirt just above the abdomen. One fingertip rests immediately beside the clearly visible belly button, drawing attention to its small central hollow.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

へそ

heso

belly button, navel

Example sentences

  1. 創造論者そうぞうろんしゃの中なかには、アダムとイブにへそはなくエデンの園えんの木きには年輪ねんりんがなかったと信しんじる人ひともいる。

    Some creationists believe that Adam and Eve had no navels, and that the trees in the Garden of Eden had no growth rings.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 雷かみなりさまは落おちては人ひとのヘソをとると言いい伝つたえられている。

    It has been believed that Kaminari-sama falls from the sky and picks somebody’s bellybutton.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんの子こどもは夏なつに腹はらを出だしていると「かみなりさまがへそを取とりにくるよ」と周まわりの大人おとなから脅おどかされる。

    In Japan, adults scare children by saying, 'Kaminari-sama would come to pick your bellybutton,' when the children’s bellies are uncovered in summer.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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