Word Meaning 身の上話
みのうえばなし
mi no uebanashi
身の上話 is read as みのうえばなし (mi no uebanashi) and means life story.
Meaning
English
- life story
- personal narrative
- story of one's life
Reading
Kana
みのうえばなし
Romaji
mi no uebanashi
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12身上がり
みあがり
taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)
Example Sentences
2その不幸な女性は涙にかきくれて身の上話をした。
The unhappy woman, drowned in tears, told her story.
彼女は会う人すべてに自分の不幸な身の上話をする。
She tells her tale of misery to everyone she meets.