Word Meaning 上半身裸

じょうはんしんはだか jouhanshinhadaka

上半身裸 is read as じょうはんしんはだか (jouhanshinhadaka) and means naked above the waist.

Meaning

English

  1. naked above the waist
  2. stripped to the waist
  3. shirtless

Reading

Kana

じょうはんしんはだか

Romaji

jouhanshinhadaka

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 73304 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

上半身

じょうはんしん

upper half of the body

半裸

はんら

half-nakedness

上半期

かみはんき

first half of the year

半身不随

はんしんふずい

hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

半艇身

はんていしん

half a boat length

半裸体

はんらたい

seminude

裸身

らしん

naked body

下半身

かはんしん

lower half of the body

半身

はんしん

half the body

身の上

みのうえ

one's lot

身上

しんじょう

one's background

Example Sentences

6

Tom is barechested.

Tom was stripped to the waist.

Please undress from the waist up.

The boy was naked to the waist.

However, Vince, on Jen's house's veranda, was naked from the waist up. He might even have been starkers!

If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.