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身の上 みのうえ N1

  1. one's circumstances; one's personal history; one's station in life
  2. one's destiny; one's future; one's lot

身の上話 みのうえばなし

  1. life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

陰陽師身の上知らず おんようじみのうえしらず

  1. a fortune teller can't tell their own future; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; people don't know themselves as well as they know others

易者身の上知らず えきしゃみのうえしらず

  1. a fortune teller can't tell their own future; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; people don't know themselves as well as they know others
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