| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 頭骨 | とうこつ | skull |
| 骨 | ほね | bone |
| 骨折 | こっせつ | bone fracture |
| 人骨 | じんこつ | human bones |
| 拳骨 | げんこつ | fist |
| 散骨 | さんこつ | scattering of ashes (cremated remains) |
| 椎骨 | ついこつ | vertebra(e) |
| 気骨稜々 | きこつりょうりょう | (a person with) strong moral fiber (backbone, determination) |
| 気骨稜稜 | きこつりょうりょう | (a person with) strong moral fiber (backbone, determination) |
| 背骨 | せぼね | spine, backbone |
| 軟骨 | なんこつ | cartilage |
| 遺骨 | いこつ | remains, ashes of deceased |
| 鉄骨 | てっこつ | steel frame |
| 鎖骨 | さこつ | collarbone, clavicle |
| 露骨 | ろこつ | frank; conspicuous; broad, suggestive, lewd |
| 骨子 | こっし | bones, marrow, essentials |
| 骨格 | こっかく | physique, build, frame, skeletal structure, framework |
| 骨盤 | こつばん | pelvis |
| 骨粗鬆症 | こつそしょうしょう | osteoporosis |
| 骨髄 | こつずい | bone marrow, true spirit |