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): [ɡo̞ma̠sɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

胡(ご)麻(ま)磨(す)り • (gomasuri)

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

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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