| 身 | み | body; oneself; one's place, one's position; main part, meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.), wood (as opposed to bark), blade (as opposed to its handle), container(as opposed to its lid) |
| 自身 | じしん | by oneself, personally |
| 出身 | しゅっしん | person's origin (town, city, country, etc.); institution from which one graduated; director in charge of employee relations |
| 中身 | なかみ | contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade |
| 身長 | しんちょう | height (of body), stature |
| 全身 | ぜんしん | whole (body), full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic |
| 出身者 | しゅっしんしゃ | alumnus (alumnae), graduate, old boy (girl); former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.) |
| 単身 | たんしん | alone, unaided, away from home |
| 身元 | みもと | person's identity, ID, past, background |
| 独身 | どくしん | bachelorhood, single, unmarried, celibate |
