Meaning of 身をひそめる身を潜める in Japanese

  1. Words

Definition of 身をひそめる身を潜める

(mi)

身 Kanji Details

  1. (n) body

    冷たい風が彼のコートを通して身にしみた。
    The cold wind cut through his coat.

  2. oneself

    お母さんの身になってごらんなさい。
    Try putting yourself in your mother's shoes.

  3. one's place; one's position
  4. main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid)
  1. (v1, vt) to hide; to conceal
  2. to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
  3. to become quiet and inconspicuous
  1. (n) (dead) body; corpse
(wo)
  1. (prt) indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. →Related words:
  1. (v1, vt) to knit (one's eyebrows) →Related words: 眉をひそめる

    彼女のしかめた顔は、他の乙女の微笑みより遥かに美しい。
    Her very frowns are fairer far than smiles of other maidens are.

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