しりもち

Japanese
Alternative spellings
尻餅
尻もち

Etymology

From 尻(しり) (shiri) + 餅(もち) (mochi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しりも​ち [shìrímóꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) しり​もち [shìríꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾʲimo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

しりもち • (shirimochi) ←しりもち (sirimoti)?

  1. "bottom mochi": the result of falling backwards and landing on one's rear

Derived terms
  • 尻餅(しりもち)を搗(つ)く (shirimochi o tsuku, “to fall backwards and land on one's rear”, literally “to pound bottom mochi”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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