尻
しり
Also written 臀, 後
Meanings
- Noun buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips
- undersurface; bottom
- last place; end
- consequence
Kanji
- 尻 buttocks. Read as しり.
Example sentences
- 奥さんの尻にしかれている。
His wife leads him by the nose. - トムってしっかり奥さんの尻に敷かれているのね。
Tom's wife keeps him on such a short rope. - あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
She wears the trousers in that house. - 私はその社長としりあいになった。
I got acquainted with the chief executive. - 大きな集団の尻につくより頭になれ。
Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.
Common phrases
- 尻に敷く (しりにしく) to dominate (usu. one's husband)
- 尻をたたく (しりをたたく) to encourage to do (something)
- 尻を触る
- しりを受ける
Related forms
- お尻 (おしり) bottom (polite)
Words containing 尻
- お尻 (おしり) bottom
- 桃尻 (ももじり) someone who is bad at horse-riding
- 尻拭い (しりぬぐい) cleaning up someone else's mess
And 87 more.