Word Meaning 尻隠し

しりかくし shirikakushi

尻隠し is read as しりかくし (shirikakushi) and means back pocket.

Meaning

English

back pocket
hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)

Reading

Kana

しりかくし

Romaji

shirikakushi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 163786 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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頭隠して尻隠さず

あたまかくしてしりかくさず

burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed)

尻尾

しっぽ

tail (animal)

尻

しり

consequence

隠し引き出し

かくしひきだし

secret drawer

目隠し

めかくし

concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

所得隠し

しょとくかくし

income concealment

金隠し

きんかくし

mantle or hood on a urinal, squat-toilet, etc.

直隠し

ひたかくし

hiding at all costs

失敗隠し

しっぱいかくし

cover-up

紅は園生に植えても隠れなし

くれないはそのうにうえてもかくれなし

good wine needs no bush

階隠し

はしがくし

pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa

見え隠れ

みえがくれ

appearing and disappearing