胡麻磨り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	麻	磨
ご Jinmeiyō	ま Grade: S	す Grade: S
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
ゴマすり胡麻擂り

See also 胡麻を磨る

Etymology

胡麻(ごま) (goma, “sesame”) + 磨(す)る (suru, “grinding”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごますり [gòmásúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ごますり [gòmásúꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[3]
(Tokyo) ごますり [gòmásúríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ma̠sɨɾʲi]

Noun

胡(ご)麻(ま)磨(す)り • (gomasuri)

brown-nosing, apple-polishing
a brown-noser, an apple-polisher

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN