► 成句
身 [み] [身に染みる] meaning: feel rank: 2
☆ 病気になって健康の有難さが身に染みた ⇨ I felt the blessing of health seep through my body, to my core, when I got sick. I’ve realized how important health is (☛ Feel strongly, especially the value of something important, or the severity of something difficult)
身 [み] [身に付く] meaning: learn rank: 2
☆ 本を読むだけでは本当の知識は身に付かない ⇨ You cannot get real knowledge by just reading books
身 [み] [身に付ける] meaning: learn rank: 2
☆ 本当の知識はただ本で読んだだけでは身に付かない ⇨ You don’t acquire real knowledge by just reading in books (☛ Learn and become proficient)
身 [み] [身に付く] meaning: obtain rank: 2
☆ 悪銭身に付かず ⇨ Bad money won’t stay with you. Easy come easy go (☛ A proverb. Money you gained without earning)
身 [み] [身に着ける] [liter] meaning: wear rank: 2
☆ 彼女は何も身に着けていなかった ⇨ She wasn’t wearing anything. She had nothing on herself
☆ 彼女は沢山の装飾品を見に付けている ⇨ She’s wearing a lot of jewelry (☛ Literally “attach to body”. Usually about accessories, equipment)
身 [み] [身が入る] meaning: focus rank: 3
☆ 彼は練習に身が入っていない (みがはいる) ⇨ His body is not in the training. He is not fully focused on it
身 [み] [身を入れる] meaning: focus rank: 3
☆ もっと身を入れて練習しろ ⇨ You have to practice with more focus
身 [み] [身を引く] meaning: resign rank: 3
☆ 彼は彼女が他の男を愛していることを知って身を引いた ⇨ He found out she loved another man and withdrew himself
身 [み] [身を以て] [liter] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 人に言うことを自分で身を以て実践しろ (みをもって) ⇨ practice yourself, with your own body, what you preach to others
☆ 私は米国で人種差別を身を以て体験した (みをもって) ⇨ I experienced racism directly myself, with my own body, in US
身 [み] [身の振り方] meaning: life rank: 4
☆ 彼は今後の身の振り方を考えている (みのふりかた) ⇨ He is contemplating his life option from this point on
► 名詞
身 [み] [liter] meaning: body rank: 2
☆ ここでは身の安全は保証出来ない ⇨ We cannot guarantee your safety here
☆ 彼女は身の危険を感じた ⇨ She felt physical danger to herself, physically threatened
身 [み] [身になる] meaning: position rank: 2
☆ 彼は人の身になって考える事が出来ない ⇨ He is not capable of thinking in somebody else’s body, shoes
☆ 私の身にもなってよ ⇨ Why don’t you put yourself in my shoes?
身 [み] [liter] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 早く白状したほうが身の為だぞ ⇨ You should confess quickly for your own good, to save yourself
☆ 皆自分の身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to save their own bodies, skins
More examples:
- 柔道の受け身 ⇨ An impact absorbing posture in judo
- 平均的な身長の人 ⇨ A person of with the average height
- 昔は父親のいない子供は肩身の狭い思いをした ⇨ In the past, a child without a father, illegitimate child, had to endure humiliation
- 彼は警察に身柄を拘束された ⇨ He has been physically detained by the police
- 彼は旧家の出身だ ⇨ He is from a prestigious family
- 容疑者は警察に身柄を拘束された ⇨ The suspect was arrested, detained by police
- 芸は身を助く ⇨ Special skills help you
- 彼は身を捩って逃れようとした ⇨ He twisted his body trying to escape
- 彼は突撃してくる相手の選手を見て身構えた ⇨ He saw a rushing opponent player and braced himself
- 運動しやすい身軽な格好 ⇨ Light and easy-to-move outfits suitable for exercising
- 黄身にはコレステロールが多く含まれている ⇨ Yolks contain high cholesterol
- 彼は東京出身だ ⇨ He is from Tokyo, was born and grew up in Tokyo
- 彼は身を挺して他人を救った ⇨ He threw his body, risked his life, to save others
- 日本の通勤列車は満員で身動きも取れない ⇨ Japanese commuter trains are so jam-packed that you can even move
- 不死身の男 ⇨ An immortal man