ノウ
Meanings
Noun
Anatomy
1. brain
The brain consumes a large amount of energy.
2. brains; mind
It seems my brain isn't working properly due to fatigue and the heat.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (116 in total)
meninges
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
brain coral
brains; brain tissue
cerebellum
slow-witted person; simpleton; pig-ignorant; dumbass
one's mind
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
brainwashing
head; brains; intellect; understanding
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
top of the head; crown of the head
brain; encephalon
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
brain death
concussion (of the brain)
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
cerebrum
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
brain science
brain surgery
brain tumor; brain tumour
game brain; damage to the prefrontal region of the brain caused by excessive playing of video games; theorized by physiologist Akio Mori
cerebral contusion
brain surgeon
left brain
cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral hemorrhage; cerebral haemorrhage
brain tissue
brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis
cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia
brain hemorrhage; brain haemorrhage
brain power
encephalopathy
midbrain; mesencephalon
brain training; brain workout
cerebral ventricle
cerebrospinal fluid
cerebral blood vessel; cerebrovascular
base of the brain
brain activity
brain herniation; cerebral herniation; encephaloma; exencephaly
idiot; moron; blockhead
pituitary gland; pituitary body; hypophysis
human brain
brain disease
brain surgery; brain operation; neurosurgery
corpus callosum
intracranial pressure
mental illness; brain disease; cerebropathy
comprehensive brain checkup
the interbrain; the diencephalon
borneol (crystalline turpenoid alcohol)
cerebral edema; cerebral oedema
forebrain; prosencephalon
lower brain; base of the brain
cerebral artery
chatterbot; chatbot
encephalomalacia; cerebromalacia; cerebral softening; softening of the brain
brain physiology
cerebral syphilis
cerebrovascular disease
social brain; social brains
hydrocephalus
brain congestion
cerebral
sulcus; groove in the surface of the brain
encephalomalacia; brain softening
cerebral ischemia; brain ischemia
cerebral thrombosis
cerebrospinal meningitis
myelencephalon
gyrus; ridge on the cerebral cortex
cranial dura mater; cerebral dura mater
cerebral embolism
acting on impulse; doing impulsively; doing instinctively
brain physiologist
brain physiologist
blood-brain barrier
fornix (of the brain); fornix cerebri
gut-brain connection; gut-brain axis
party leaders; party executive
therapeutic hypothermia for brain injury
telencephalon
deep brain stimulation; DBS
decerebration
cerebral ganglion
encephalography
encephalomyelitis
neuro-magnetic field
obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; (lit.) radiation brain
intracranial pressure
brain scientist; cognitive psychologist; neuroscientist
person obsessed with (worrying over) COVID-19
brain injury; brain damage; brain lesion
ability to understand English like a native speaker (i.e. without translating); intuitive understanding of English; (lit.) English brain
brain fog
cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; CVST
cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; CVST
right-brain input, left-brain output (personality type in a popular Japanese test based on hand and arm crossing); right and left hemispheres (of the brain); both cerebral hemispheres
phrenitis (medieval diagnosis); brain fever
Brain Training (computer game)
Examples (23 in total)
The structure of the brain is complicated.
Walking activates the brain.
The brain is inside the head.