19#Do you know this expression?
更新日:11月16日
身を立てる
「ある職業や技術などを生計を立てる手段にする」
To be successful with / to make a success in life ( usually with a skill)
料理人として身を立てていきたい。
I want to be successful as a cook.
身を引く
「今までの立場や地位から離れる・引退する」
To resign from / back down from
私よりも後輩のほうが適任だと思ったので、身を引いた。
My junior is more suited for it than I am so I resigned.
身にしみる
「経験して深く心に感じる」 to sink deeply into one's mind / to go to one's heart
会社に就職して、自分の日本語力が足りないことがみにしみてわかった。
When I got a Job it really sunk in that my Japanese level was not enough.
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