身

Meaning

身 centers on the physical self: a person's body, their individual existence, and by extension their social position or station in life.

• 自身じしん
  N3

  (one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

• 身み
  N3

  one's body; one's person

• 身体しんたい
  N3

  body; physical system; (the) person

• 出身しゅっしん
  N3

  one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

• 中身なかみ
  N2

  contents; interior; filling

• 身長しんちょう
  N4

  height (of a person); stature

• 全身ぜんしん
  N2

  whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait)

• 変身へんしん
  N1

  metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

• 身分みぶん
  N2

  (social) standing; status; position; rank

• 独身どくしん
  N4

  unmarried; single

• 身近みぢか
  N2

  near oneself; close to one; familiar

• 下半身かはんしん
  N1

  lower half of the body; nether parts

• 身内みうち
  N1

  relatives; one's family

• 刺身さしみ
  N3

  sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

• 上半身じょうはんしん
  N1

  upper half of the body; upper body

• 心身しんしん
  N2

  mind and body

• 終身しゅうしん

  lifelong; lifetime; for life; life

• 単身たんしん
  N1

  alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

• 身元みもと
  N1

  (one's) identity; background; upbringing; birth (and parentage)

• 分身ぶんしん

  other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself

• 等身とうしん

  body proportions

• 身柄みがら
  N1

  one's person

• 身動きみうごき
  N1

  movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring

• 身代わりみがわり

  substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

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