How to say navel in Japanese

JLPTN2
へそheso☆・ほぞhozo《臍》ヘソHESO

noun:

  • navel; belly button
  • protrusion or depression in the middle of an object ［へそ・ヘソ］
  • center; centre; most important part; main point

Example Sentences

僕bokuはha、僕bokuのno母hahaのno胎内tainaiにniいるiruときtoki、おo臍hozoのno穴anaからkara、僕bokuのno生れるumareru家ieのno中nakaをwo、覗いnozoiてteみmiてte、 「こいつkoitsuはha、いけikeねえnee」 　とto、思っomoたta。
When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "This won't do".

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