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On'yomi
シン
SHIN
Kun'yomi
mi

somebody · person · one's station in life

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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

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

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

小野小町Ono no Komachi
9th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

大江千里Ōe no Chisato
9th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

右近Ukon
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

中納言朝忠Chūnagon Asatada
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

謙徳公Kentoku Kō
10th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

入道前太政大臣Nyūdō Saki no Daijō-daijin
13th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

権中納言定家Gon-Chūnagon Teika
13th century
和歌(百人一首) (Waka (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

後鳥羽院Emperor Go-Toba
13th century