tail (animal); tail end; tip
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to fall on one's backside
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
loose; promiscuous; quick; brisk; rash; thoughtless
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
spanking; traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, is hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (arch.) to cast an amorous glance at
rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar
mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; (lit.) hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom
buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; blind imitation
tucking up the hem of one's garments
pushing from behind; backing; supporting; instigation; instigator
tucking up the hem of one's garments
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
writing characters in the air with one's behind (by moving one's hips)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
fast; brisk; careless; thoughtless; (of a woman) wanton; promiscuous
attenuating; fizzling out
butt hair; buttock hair; ass hair
shirizumo; back-to-back sumo; game in which players push each other with their buttocks
Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
to get ripped off for every last penny
spanking the bottom; spanking
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
lazy; indolent; reluctant to get up off one's backside; clumsy
falling intonation; downward trend
wet behind the ears; inexperienced; immature
large buttocks (esp. women)
forgetfulness; leaving things unfinished
tucking up the hem of one's garments
to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)
slowcoach; lazybones; slowpoke
to startle someone; to make someone jump out of their skin; to take someone by surprise; (lit.) to pull someone's butt hair
hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.); back pocket
feeling restless; feeling uncomfortable
being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility
incontinence; promiscuity
there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; (lit.) squeezing your buttocks after you have farted
black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor
Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
the part of a province furthest from the capital
rolling one's kimono up to one's waist