Word Meaning 陰陽師身の上知らず

おんようじみのうえしらず onyoujimi no ueshirazu

陰陽師身の上知らず is read as おんようじみのうえしらず (onyoujimi 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

おんようじみのうえしらず

Romaji

onyoujimi no ueshirazu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 58 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 82120 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰陽師

いんようし

diviner

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合

いんようわごう

the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽の理

おんみょうのり

principle of duality

陰陽家

いんようか

School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽道

おんようどう

Onmyōdō

陰陽寮

うらのつかさ

Bureau of Onmyō

陰陽暦

いんようれき

lunisolar calendar

陰と陽

いんとよう

the positive and the negative

陰に陽に

いんにように

(both) openly and covertly

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

Example Sentences

1

The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.