Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: S

Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
ゴマすり
胡麻擂り

Etymology edit

胡麻(ごま) (goma, sesame) + () (suru, grinding)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()()() (gomasuri

  1. brown-nosing, apple-polishing
  2. a brown-noser, an apple-polisher

References edit

  1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN