頭とう身しん

noun

head and body

Refers to the head and body as a whole, often in contexts like sculpture or anatomy.

• その彫ちょう刻こくは頭とう身しんのバランスが美うつくしい。

  The sculpture has a beautiful balance between head and body.

suffix

-head tall; head-to-body ratio

Used after a number to describe the proportion of total height to head length, e.g., 八頭身 (eight heads tall). Common in character design and fashion.

• 彼かの女じょは八はっ頭とう身しんのモデル体たい型けいだ。

  She has a model figure, eight heads tall.

• このキャラクターは三さん頭とう身しんで描えがかれている。

  This character is drawn with a three-heads-tall proportion.