How to say "foot" in Japanese

• 足あしJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe word for the foot as a body part, of people and animals; it also covers an octopus's or squid's arms. Use it for the limb itself, not for a mountain's base or a measurement.
  また足あしがしびれた。↗

  My foot's asleep again!
• 麓ふもとJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounRefers to the foot of a mountain or hill — the ground at its base — and can also mean a bottom or base. It is not used for the body part.
  山やまの麓ふもとに日ひが昇のぼるが早はやいかただ一人ひとり山やまを登のぼり始はじめた。↗

  The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.
• フィートCommon
  nounThe unit of length, matching English 'foot' and 'feet' (about 30.5 centimeters); it is usually written in kana. Use it only for measurements, never for the body part.
  １ヤードは３フィートに等ひとしい。↗

  A yard is equal to three feet.

Choose 足 for the foot as a body part, 麓 for the foot of a mountain or hill, and 「フィート」 for the unit of measurement; the right word depends entirely on which sense of 'foot' you mean.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 足あしfoot
• 麓ふもとfoot (of a mountain or hill)
• フィートfeet
• 下手しもてlower part
• フットfoot
• 脚部きゃくぶleg
• あんよfoot
• おみ足おみあしfoot
• フートfoot (unit of linear measure)
• 裳裾もすそcuff (of pants)
• 韻脚いんきゃく(metrical) foot
• 裾すそfoot (of a mountain)
• 脚きゃくfoot
• 足趾そくしfoot