尻拭い

しりぬぐい

Also written 尻ぬぐい

Meanings

1. Noun cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake
2. ass-wiping; arse-wiping (literal meaning)

Kanji

• 尻 buttocks. Read as しり.
• 拭 wipe. Read as ぬぐう.

Example sentences

• もう君の尻拭いはごめんだ。
  I'm fed up with always backing you up.
• 尻拭いはもううんざりだよ。
  I'm tired of picking up after you.
• この尻拭いには相当時間がかかるぞ。
  It'll take a long time to clean up this mess.
• 尻拭いは自分でします。
  I'll clean up this mess myself.

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