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身寄り (みより) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

身み寄より

み

よ

り

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

relative; family member; kin

Refers to a person's relatives or family members, especially those one can rely on. Often used in contexts of having or lacking family support.

彼かれには身み寄よりが一人ひとりもいない。
He doesn't have a single relative.
身み寄よりのない

老ろう

人じん

を

支し

援えん

する

。

Support elderly people who have no family.

Written forms

身み寄よりUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
身みよりUsage20%
Alternate spelling using kana for 寄; less common but still encountered.
身み寄より
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

身somebody, person, one's station in life
寄draw near, stop in, bring near

Similar words

親しん戚せき
親戚 is a more general and common word for 'relative', while 身寄り emphasizes the aspect of being a close, supportive family member one can depend on.
家か族ぞく
家族 means 'family' as a unit, often those living together. 身寄り refers to individual relatives, especially in terms of support networks.

Etymology

Compound of 身 (oneself, one's person) and 寄り (from 寄る, to draw near, to gather). Literally 'those who draw near to one', referring to close relatives.