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えきしゃみのうえしらず
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself;
(lit.)
a fortune teller can't tell their own future
Alt. forms
易
えき
者
しゃ
身
み
の
上
うえ
知
し
らず
えきしゃみのうえしらず
Composed of
えきしゃ
fortuneteller; diviner
みのうえ
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
しらず
not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...;
(arch.)
I know not whether;
(arch.)
I know not if