身の上話

みのうえばなし

life story, personal narrative, story of one's life

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; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future

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; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future

身上

しんしょう しんじょう

merit, body, social position

上半身

じょうはんしん

upper half of body, bust

一身上

いっしんじょう

personal (affairs)

身体上

しんたいじょう

physical, bodily, corporeal

一身上の都合

いっしんじょうのつごう

personal reasons, personal matters, personal affairs

民法上の身分

みんぽうじょうのみぶん

civil status, status (of a person) under the Civil Code

上半身用

じょうはんしんよう

Upper body use

身上持ち

しんしょうもち しんじょうもち

good housekeeper

身上調査

しんじょうちょうさ

examine (investigate into) a person's history

身上がり

みあがり

taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

身上調書

しんじょうちょうしょ

personal information form, dossier on an individual

上半身裸

じょうはんしんはだか

(top) half naked, naked above the waist

身の丈

みのたけ

stature, body height

身の程

みのほど

one's social position, one's place, one's standing

身の毛

みのけ

body hair

尾の身

おのみ

whale tail