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身の置き所がない
身の置きどころがない
身の置き所が無い
Readings
みのおきどころがない
minookidokoroganai
English
Expression
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.), not knowing where to put oneself, feeling out of place, feeling that one doesn't belong

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 身の置き所がない
is [x]
身の置き所がなくない
is not [x]
Past 身の置き所がなかった
was [x]
身の置き所がなくなかった
was not [x]
Te-form, Continuative 身の置き所がなくて
is [x] and...
身の置き所がなくなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
ON: シン KUN:
somebody, person, one's station in life

Stroke: 7 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 4-7-3 FC: 2740.0


ON: KUN: お.く, -お.き
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

Stroke: 13 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-5-8 FC: 6071.1


ON: ショ KUN: ところ, -ところ, どころ, とこ
place, extent

Stroke: 8 Grade: 3 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-4-4 FC: 7222.2


ON: ム, ブ KUN: な.い
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

Stroke: 12 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-10 FC: 8033.3