身
somebody · person · one's station in life
Details
Stroke Order
Cultural Context
Etymology
Shape of human body. Body.
Symbolism
Body, self, single. Represents body.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
人身攻撃
じんしんこうげき
personal attack; ad hominem attack; personal attack
低頭平身
ていとうへいしん
prostrating oneself; prostrating oneself
半身不随
はんしんふずい
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body); hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
粉骨砕身
ふんこつさいしん
making one's best exertions; making one's best exertions
平身低頭
へいしんていとう
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees; prostrating oneself
満身創痍
まんしんそうい
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; having wounds all over one's body
全身全霊
ぜんしんぜんれい
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best; complete devotion
即身成仏
そくしんじょうぶつ
attainment of Buddhahood during life; attainment of Buddhahood during life
立身出世
りっしんしゅっせ
success in life; success in life
可惜身命
あたらしんみょう
valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear; valuing one's body and life
身体髪膚
しんたいはっぷ
entire human body; every inch of one's body; entire human body
長身痩躯
ちょうしんそうく
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure; tall and lean figure
不惜身命
ふしゃくしんみょう
devoting one's body and soul to Buddhist teachings; unsparing devotion to Buddhism; devoting one's body and soul to Buddhist teachings
心身一如
しんしんいちにょ
body and mind as one; mind-body unity; body and mind as one
獅子身中
しししんちゅう
treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider; treacherous friend
寵愛一身
ちょうあいいっしん
standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection (favor) of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady; standing highest in one's master's favor
明哲保身
めいてつほしん
wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection; wisdom and self-protection
Proverbs & Idioms
身から出た錆
みからでたさび
Rust from one's own body
Suffering from your own actions
Poetry
花の色は うつりにけりな いたづらに わが身世にふる ながめせしまに
Poem #9 from Hyakunin Isshu
月みれば 千々に物こそ 悲しけれ 我が身ひとつの 秋にはあらねど
Poem #23 from Hyakunin Isshu
忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし 人のいのちの 惜しくもあるかな
Poem #38 from Hyakunin Isshu
あふことの たえてしなくは なかなかに 人をも身をも 恨みざらまし
Poem #44 from Hyakunin Isshu
あはれとも いふべき人は 思ほえで 身のいたづらに なりぬべきかな
Poem #45 from Hyakunin Isshu
花さそふ 嵐の庭の 雪ならで ふりゆくものは わが身なりけり
Poem #96 from Hyakunin Isshu
こぬ人を まつほの浦の 夕なぎに 焼くやもしほの 身もこがれつつ
Poem #97 from Hyakunin Isshu
人もをし 人も恨めし あぢきなく 世を思ふゆゑに 物思ふ身は
Poem #99 from Hyakunin Isshu