Illustration: Inside a neighborhood police box, an officer sits beside a lost child who holds a family photograph taken from a small backpack. A worried parent has just arrived and presents a phone displaying another photograph of the same family.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

身み元もと

mimoto

identity, background

Example sentences

彼かれは身元みもとを明あかさなかった。
He didn’t reveal his identity.
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トムは身元みもとを隠かくすためにマスクをしていた。
Tom was wearing a mask to conceal his identity.
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警察けいさつはその男おとこの身元みもとを突つきとめる事ことができなかった。
The police could not establish the identity of the man.
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Kanji in 身元

身somebody; personOnシンKunみ
元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと

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