Word details
身土不二
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 身土不二.
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Entry
1
you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
身
somebody, person, one's station in life
7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3
On
シン
Kun
み
土
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
3 strokesFrequency 307JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ドト
Kun
つち
Nanori
つくはひじ
不
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
4 strokesFrequency 101JLPT N3Grade 4
On
フブ
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
2 strokesFrequency 9JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ニジ
Kun
ふたふた.つふたたび
Nanori
おとつぐつぎにいはふふたつふだわ
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