Do you know what Oshiri means? If you have a basic knowledge of Japanese or watch a lot of anime, you will remember that it refers to butt or bum. Is that the only meaning of the word oshiri? Are there other ways to refer to the backside in the Japanese language?
What does Oshiri mean?
The word oshiri [お尻] is composed of the ideogram that literally means buttocks, hips, bum, and backside. The character [お] is a bikago, which serves to beautify the word. Oshiri literally refers to the back part of a person’s or animal’s body, where the flesh is rich near the anus, which is called koumon [肛門].
The expression shiri can also be used in other ideograms like [臀] that have the same meaning or in the popular ideogram [後] which means behind and after. These ideograms also convey the idea of end, hole, the outer lower part, tip of something, underground surface, bottom, last place, and consequence;
We use the expression heavy butt shirigaomoi [尻が重い] to refer to lazy and indolent people. The term light butt shirigakarui [尻が軽い] is used for careless, reckless, and promiscuous people. The expression clean the butt shirinugui [尻拭い] can mean cleaning up someone else’s mess.
The term shiritataki [尻叩き] refers to spankings or a tradition where a newlywed receives spankings from a bundle of straw to ensure her fertility. We also have words that are a combination of the word butt with spankings. The term oshiripenpen [お尻ぺんぺん] means spankings on the butt, like on children’s backsides.
Momojiri [桃尻] is used for restless people or those who do not know how to ride a horse. Of course, there are many other words related to oshiri, let’s see some more in the list below:
- Bishiri [美尻] – Beautiful butt;
- Kyoshiri [巨尻] – Big butt (of a woman);
- Dekashiri [デカ尻] Big or Wide Butt;
- Decchiri [出っ尻] – Big butt; Protruding buttocks;
- Shippo [尻尾] – Tail;
- Itojiri [糸尻] – The lower edge of a cup or bowl;
- Kawajiro [川尻] – River mouth; lower stream;
- Kuchijiro [口尻] – Corner of the lips; commissure of the lips; corners of the mouth;
You may be interested in reading our article about breasts in Japanese.
How do you say hips, backside, and butt in Japanese?
Oshiri is a general word to refer to the back part of people, but there are some more specific synonyms. One of them is imported from English Hips [ヒップ] which means hips and flanks. In Japanese, that word refers to both sides of the body below the waist and above the thigh, mainly applied in fashion.
Thus, do not confuse the English term hip with the Japanese import. If you want to refer to the hips and waist, the best term to use is koshi [腰] and its variants like youbu [腰部]. These terms can be used for the lower back, waist, flanks, lumbar, and pelvic region.
- Koshi ni te o atete [腰に手を当てて] – Put your hands on your waist;
If you want to refer to the hole and hole or buttocks, we also have the term ketsu [穴] or the term ketsunoana [けつの穴]. The buttocks and glutes can also be called denbu [臀部] while the thighs below the butt can be called futomomo [太もも].
Omikoshi [お神輿] which means portable shrine, can also be used to refer to the back parts if written in kana. To finish, let’s see some more words below related to butts in Japanese:
- Hanketsu [半ケツ] Means a cutout on the butt;
- Futomomowodasu [太ももを出す] – Exposing the thighs;
- Ana [穴] – hole; opening; perforation;
- Okoshi [お腰] – Buttocks; lower back; waist; flanks
- Ketsunoana [尻の穴] – Back Hole;
If you want to know more, we recommend our article on human body in Japanese. I hope you enjoyed this slightly different article. I’m sorry if you ended up here looking for obscene words, for that we have other articles. We appreciate the comments and shares!
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