しっぺ

noun

Zen stick; wake-up stick

A flat bamboo stick used in Zen meditation to strike the shoulders of drowsy practitioners. Primarily a Buddhist term; the reading しっぺい is more common in this context.

• 坐ざ禅ぜん中ちゅうに眠ねむそうな修しゅ行ぎょう者しゃに、師し家けがしっぺいで肩かたを打うつ。

  During zazen, the master strikes the shoulder of a drowsy practitioner with the shippei.

noun

flick on the wrist; finger snap strike

A playful or disciplinary gesture where one flicks the back of another's wrist with the index and middle fingers. Usually read しっぺ. Common in school or casual settings.

• いたずらをしたら、友とも達だちにしっぺをされた。

  When I played a prank, my friend gave me a flick on the wrist.

• しっぺは痛いたいけど、けがはしない。

  A shippe hurts but doesn't cause injury.