Illustration: At a Japanese school health lesson, a student fits a removable liver into a life-size anatomical torso. The broad, wedge-shaped organ is held just beneath the model’s right ribs, with its matching cavity clearly visible above the intestines and beside the stomach.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

肝かん臓ぞう

kanzou

liver

Example sentences

  1. ワインは、肝臓かんぞうに悪わるい。

    Wine is bad for your liver.

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  2. トムは腎臓じんぞうと肝臓かんぞうが悪わるい。

    Tom’s kidneys and liver are in bad shape.

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  3. 私わたしは肝臓かんぞうの病歴びょうれきがある。

    I have a history of liver trouble.

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Kanji in 肝臓

  • 肝liver; pluckOnカンKunきも
  • 臓entrails; visceraOnゾウKunはらわた

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