Japanese symbol for “overreaching”
身の程知らず
みのほどしらず
Romaji: minohodoshirazu
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
In Japanese, overreaching is 身の程知らず, read みのほどしらず (minohodoshirazu).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, exp not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
Written forms: 身の程知らず、身のほど知らず. Readings: みのほどしらず.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自身 | じしん jishin | (one's) self; oneself; yourself |
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 中身 | なかみ nakami | contents; interior; filling |
| 身長 | しんちょう shinchou | height (of a person); stature |
| 全身 | ぜんしん zenshin | whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) |
| 変身 | へんしん henshin | metamorphosis; disguise; transformation |
| 程度 | ていど teido | degree; amount; grade |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 知る | しる shiru | to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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