Illustration: Inside a domain residence, a lord sits on a slightly raised tatami area while senior retainers kneel below in ordered positions and a young attendant waits farther back near the doorway. Their differing positions and formal bows make the hierarchy visible.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

身み分ぶん

mibun

social standing, rank

It also means identity, as in 身分確認. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

人ひとは、その身分みぶんによって、判断はんだんされるべきではない。
A man should not be judged by his station in life.
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彼かれは身分みぶんの高たかい人ひとです。
He is a man of high social status.
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身分みぶんをわきまえなさい。
Remember your station in life.
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Kanji in 身分

身somebody; personOnシンKunみ
分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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