LingakuFrequency rank: 20,705. – 20,792.
- one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances
- one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances
- one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
This meaning refers to an individual's position or status in society, often shaped by their background, experiences, and current situation.
This meaning relates to the idea of fate or the circumstances that a person is destined to face in life.
Generated collocations (experimental)
みのうえ身の上をはなす話すto talk about one's personal historyみのうえ身の上そうだん相談personal circumstances consultationみのうえ身の上をしる知るto know someone's backgroundみのうえ身の上をあかす明かすto reveal one's personal circumstancesみのうえ身の上にかんする関するrelated to one's circumstancesみのうえ身の上がかわる変わるone's station in life changesみのうえ身の上をきづかう気遣うto be concerned about someone's circumstancesみのうえ身の上をかんがえる考えるto consider someone's situationみのうえ身の上がくるしい苦しいhaving a difficult situationみのうえ身の上のはなし話a story about one's personal history
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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She took a deep breath and then started to talk about herself.
4. ちょうきち長吉はにんげん人間というものはとしをとる年を取ると、わかい若いじぶん時分にけいけん経験したわかいもの若いものしかしらない知らないはんもん煩悶ふあん不安をばけろりとわすれてしまって忘れてしまって、つぎ次のじだい時代にうまれて生れてくる来るわかいもの若いもののみのうえ身の上をきわめて極めてむとんちゃく無頓着にくんかい訓戒ひひょう批評すること事のできるべんり便利なせいしつ性質をもっている持っているものだ、としをとった年を取ったものとわかいもの若いもののあいだ間にはとうてい到底いっち一致されないけんかく懸隔のあること事をつくづくかんじた感じた。
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.