Word Meaning 易者身の上知らず

えきしゃみのうえしらず ekishami no ueshirazu

易者身の上知らず is read as えきしゃみのうえしらず (ekishami no ueshirazu) and means people don't know themselves as well as they know others.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

えきしゃみのうえしらず

Romaji

ekishami no ueshirazu

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 74000 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

身知らず

みしらず

self-conceit

身の程知らず

みのほどしらず

not knowing one's social position

易者

えきしゃ

fortuneteller

臭い物身知らず

くさいものみしらず

it's hard to notice one's own faults

上半身

かみはんしん

upper half of the body

身の上

みのうえ

one's lot

出身者

しゅっしんしゃ

former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

身上

しんじょう

one's background

一身上

いっしんじょう

personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)

民法上の身分

みんぽうじょうのみぶん

civil status

身体上

しんたいじょう

physical

身上持

しんしょうもち

housekeeping