Illustration: In a community theater dressing room, a performer tries on an elaborate suit of prop armor that covers only the body above the waist. A chest plate, shoulder guards, arm pieces, and a helmet transform the head, arms, and torso into a fearsome warrior.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう半はん身しん

jouhanshin

upper body

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは上半身じょうはんしん裸はだかだった。

    He was bare to the waist.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょが部屋へやに入はいると彼かれはベッドで上半身じょうはんしんを起おこした。

    As she entered the room, he sat up in his bed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. かつては、空手からての稽古けいこは上半身じょうはんしん裸はだかで行おこなわれた。

    Traditionally, practitioners exercised karate in shirtless conditions.

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

Kanji in 上半身

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

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