Kanji
尻
N1
5 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1692
buttocks, hips, butt, rear
On'yomi (音読み)
コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
しり
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
川尻
かわじり
mouth of a river; lower stream
塩尻
しおじり
cone-shaped
尻尾
しっぽ
tail (of an animal)
口尻
くちじり
commissures (of the lips); lip corners
尻穴
けつめど
anus
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
尻
しり
buttocks; behind
長っ尻
ながっちり
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
尻尾を掴む
しっぽをつかむ
to have something on someone; to catch someone out
嫁の尻たたき
よめのしりたたき
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility
尻毛を抜く
しりげをぬく
to take someone by surprise; to startle someone
尻捲
しりまくり
rolling one's kimono up to one's waist
猿の尻笑い
さるのしりわらい
the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses throwing stones
目尻を下げる
めじりをさげる
to look happy; to look pleased
デカ尻
デカじり
large ass; large arse
尻叩き
しりたたき
spanking
Example sentences
彼（かれ）のズボンのしりはてかてか光（ひか）っている。
The seat of his pants is shiny.
頭隠して尻隠（あたまかくしてしりかく）さず。
Protect yourself at all points.
彼（かれ）は尻尾（しっぽ）を巻（ま）いて逃（に）げた。
He turned tail and ran.
尻尾（しっぽ）のない猫（ねこ）もいる。
Tails are absent in some cats.