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    3. 陰陽師身の上知らず

    陰陽師身の上知らず

    陰おん陽よ師うじ身みの​上うえ知しら​ず​

    people don't know themselves as well as they know others

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab58 strokes

    おんようじみのうえしらず

    Expressions

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

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    Characters that make up this word

    陰
    かげ・かげ.る…(1)
    shade・yin・negative・sex organs・secret…(1)
    Kanji
    陽
    ひ…(8)
    sunshine・yang principle・positive・male・heaven…(1)
    Kanji
    師
    いくさ…(8)
    expert・teacher・master・model・exemplar…(2)
    Kanji
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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    • 陰
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    • 身
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    • の
    • ら
    • ず

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