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身の上 (みのうえ): one's future, one's welfare, one's personal history — Japanese vocabulary

身の上 is read みのうえ and means "one's future, one's welfare, one's personal history". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

身の上

Reading
みのうえ · minoue
Translation
one's future, one's welfare, one's personal history
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
みのうえがみのうえが

Example

彼女は深呼吸してから、身の上を語り始めた。

かのじょはしんこきゅうしてから、みのうえをかたりはじめた。

She took a deep breath and then started to talk about herself.

Kanji in this word

  • 身 — body, oneself
  • 上 — up, above

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