肌はだで知しる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

know through direct experience; feel firsthand

Emphasizes learning or understanding something through personal, often physical or emotional, experience rather than abstract knowledge. The literal sense 'know through the skin' is a vivid metaphor.

• 海かい外がいに住すんでみて、文ぶん化かの違ちがいを肌はだで知しった。

  By living abroad, I experienced the cultural differences firsthand.

• 寒さむさの厳きびしさは、実じっ際さいに冬ふゆの北ほっ海かい道どうに行いって肌はだで知しるしかない。

  You can only truly understand the severity of the cold by going to Hokkaido in winter and feeling it yourself.