身の上

みのうえ

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances
2. one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

Kanji

• 身 body. Read as み.
• 上 up. Read as うえ.

Example sentences

• その不幸な女性は涙にかきくれて身の上話をした。
  The unhappy woman, drowned in tears, told her story.
• 私の身の上話をしましょう。
  I'll tell you my story.
• 彼の身の上に何があったか誰も知らない。
  No one knows what has happened to him.
• 彼女は会う人すべてに自分の不幸な身の上話をする。
  She tells her tale of misery to everyone she meets.
• 彼女は深呼吸してから、身の上を語り始めた。
  She took a deep breath and then started to talk about herself.

Words containing 身の上

• 身の上話 (みのうえばなし) life story
• 陰陽師身の上知らず (おんようじみのうえしらず) people don't know themselves as well as they know others
• 易者身の上知らず (えきしゃみのうえしらず) people don't know themselves as well as they know others

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