尻上がり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尻	上
しり Grade: S	あ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
尻上り

Etymology

尻(しり) (shiri, “end, buttocks”) + 上(あ)がり (agari, “rising”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しりあがり [shìríáꜜgàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲia̠ɡa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

尻(しり)上(あ)がり • (shiriagari)

getting better, improving
Antonym: 尻(しり)下(さ)がり (shirisagari)
rising intonation
Antonym: 尻(しり)下(さ)がり (shirisagari)
(gymnastics) synonym of 逆上がり (sakaagari, “back hip circle”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN