Translation guide
A life-sized model of the human body used for displaying clothes, in art, or for medical training. In Japanese, the most common word is マネキン, but other terms exist for specific contexts.
A full-body or partial figure used to display clothes in stores or windows.
The most common and general term for a mannequin used in fashion retail. It can refer to both full-body and partial forms.
I want the clothes that mannequin in that store is wearing.
Refers specifically to a torso mannequin without head or limbs, often used for displaying shirts or jackets. Borrowed from French 'torse'.
Let's hang the jacket on this torso mannequin.
A jointed model of the human body used by artists for drawing reference.
Literally 'drawing doll'. The standard term for a wooden or plastic articulated figure used by artists.
I practice poses using an artist's mannequin.
Means 'jointed doll'. Can refer to artist's mannequins but also to ball-jointed dolls. Less specific than デッサン人形.
Jointed dolls can hold detailed poses.
A full-body or partial model used for medical simulation and training.
Literally 'human body model'. Used for anatomical models and medical training mannequins.
Nursing students practice CPR on a medical mannequin.
Often used for high-tech medical mannequins that simulate physiological responses. More common in professional contexts.
A person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them. Note: In English, 'mannequin' can sometimes mean a live model, but this is rare. In Japanese, マネキン never refers to a person.
マネキン refers only to inanimate display figures, never to live fashion models. Using マネキン for a person will cause confusion or amusement.
He is a mannequin. (meaning he is a dummy, not a model)
This simulator can reproduce breath sounds.
Specifically a fashion model. More explicit than just モデル.
My dream is to become a fashion model.