Word Meaning 身土不二

しんどふじ shindofuji

身土不二 is read as しんどふじ (shindofuji) and means you are what you eat.

Meaning

English

  1. you are what you eat
  2. slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health
  3. indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)

Reading

Kana

しんどふじ

Romaji

shindofuji

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 34143 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

身元不明

みもとふめい

(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)

身分不相応

みぶんふそうおう

beyond one's means or position

善悪不二

ぜんあくふに

good and evil are but two faces of the same coin

唯一不二

ゆいいつふじ

one and only

不死身

ふじみ

invulnerability

二重身

にじゅうしん

doppelganger

不身持ち

ふみもち

misconduct

心身二元論

しんしんにげんろん

mind-body dualism

半身不随

はんしんふずい

hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)

身体

しんだい

body

身長

しんちょう

height (of body)