身なり

みなり · minari · JLPT N1 · noun

appearance

🪞 身 (body) + なり (form, look): how your body is dressed and groomed for others

身なり is 身 (body) plus なり (form, shape, as in 形なり). It is the form your body takes once dressed and groomed, so it means how you look to others.

身 — pictograph of a pregnant body
身 is a pictograph originally depicting a person with a swollen belly, representing a pregnant woman in profile. Over time the meaning broadened from 'pregnancy' or 'torso' to refer to the body in general, and by extension oneself or one's person.

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