Illustration: At an outdoor washing area beside a rice field, a volunteer stands after slipping into a muddy irrigation ditch. Thick mud coats their trousers from the waistband through both legs and over their boots, while their tucked shirt, arms, and face remain remarkably clean.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

下か半はん身しん

kahanshin

lower half of the body

Example sentences

  1. スラックスともんぺはどちらも、左右さゆうの足あしを別々べつべつに包つつむ下半身かはんしん用ようの服ふくである。

    Both slacks and Monpe were separate garments used for covering the legs.

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

  2. これらの資料しりょうから、男女だんじょともに、上半身じょうはんしんを覆おおう服ふくと、下半身かはんしんを覆おおう服ふくの2つに分わかれていたと推測すいそくされている。

    Based on the materials, it is supposed that clothes for both female and male were separated into two parts for the upper half of the body and the lower half of the body.

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

  3. その壁画へきがでは、上半身じょうはんしんを覆おおう服ふくの裾すそが、下半身かはんしんを覆おおう服ふくと体からだの間まに入はいっていないで、外そとに出でて垂たれ下さがっているという。

    In the figures, the garments worn on the upper part of the body hang out over the garments for the lower part of the body.

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

Kanji in 下半身

  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと
  • 半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

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