尻
buttocks, hips, butt, rear
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- しり
Nanori
- がみ
Meaning
尻 centers on the lower rear part of the body: the buttocks or hips. It refers to the physical rear end.
Most common words using 尻
20 of 112- 尻しりN4
buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips
- 尻尾しっぽN3
tail (of an animal)
- お尻おしり
bottom; buttocks
- 尻拭いしりぬぐい
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake
- 檀尻だんじり
decorative portable shrine; float used in festivals
- 塩尻しおじり
cone-shaped
- 目尻めじり
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
- 桃尻ももじり
someone who is bad at horse-riding
- 尻目しりめ
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance
- 川尻かわじり
mouth of a river; lower stream
- 尻込みしりごみ
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
- 巨尻きょじり
large buttocks (esp. of a woman)
- 帳尻ちょうじり
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
- 尻軽しりがる
loose; promiscuous; unfaithful; wanton; of loose morals
- 尻餅しりもち
falling on one's backside; pratfall
- 言葉尻ことばじり
word ending; way of ending one's words
- 尻上がりしりあがり
rising intonation; upward inflection
- 尻バットけつバット
spanking with a baseball bat
- 尻毛しりげ
buttock hair
- 尻切れしりきれ
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
Study
Etymology
尻 combines 尸 (body) and 九, which may have originally depicted the curved shape of the buttocks. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer 尸 represents the body, and inside 九 looks like a curved shape. Picture the body's curved rear end: 尻 is the buttocks.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a person sitting on their rear, making a 'coo' sound of comfort: coo -> コウ.