WORD DETAIL
お尻
おしり
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
お尻, readおしり, is an everyday body-part noun for the buttocks or rear. - Basic usage:
お尻に葉が付くmarks where a leaf is stuck, whileお尻を打つmarks the body part struck in a fall.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- An everyday body-part term
お尻is an everyday, softened term for the buttocks, withおmaking the expression less blunt. Its register differs from formal anatomical terminology.

