崩し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
崩
くず Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The conjunctive form of the verb 崩す (kuzusu, “destroy; disturb an erect posture; change money into smaller denominations, break a bill”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くずし [kùzúshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝɕi]

Noun

崩(くず)し • (kuzushi) ^{←くづし (kudusi)^?}

(judo) unbalancing an opponent

Derived terms

松(まつ)葉(ば)崩(くず)し (matsubakuzushi, “a sex position in which a man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding up the other”)

References

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

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