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])
• (Tokyo) しりもち [shìríꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• 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”)