身元 – Vocabulary details

身み元もと

Meanings

Noun

1. (one's) identity; background; upbringing; birth (and parentage)

2. (one's) character

Alt. forms

Kanji used

身

one's body

元

origin

Pitch accent

み

もと

み

もと

Used in: 1257

Composed of

身み

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

元もと

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

身み元もと不ふ明めい

(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)

身み元もと引ひき受うけ人にん

guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior

身み元もと確かく認にん

identification; background check; identity confirmation

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Examples (6 in total)

彼かれは身み元もとを明あかさなかった。

He didn't reveal his identity.

行ゆ方くえ不ふ明めいだった少しょう年ねんは服ふくで身み元もとが確かく認にんされた。

The lost boy was identified by his clothes.

衣い服ふくからその迷まい子ごの身み元もとが確かく認にんされた。

The identity of the lost child was confirmed by its clothes.

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