しも
Meanings
Noun
1. lower reaches (of a river)
2. bottom; lower part
3. lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses
4. end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan)
Adjective (の)
5. dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
servant; manservant; menial
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
second half of the (fiscal) year
round-faced; bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
down; below; downward
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
lower classes; common people
downstream
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
downhill; decline; waning
lower half of the body
small attached annex; lean-to
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
to talk about indecent things
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
pubic hair
lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector
second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
last two figures of a number
last part of a poem or Bible verse
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
(in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body; lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath
last part of a poem or Bible verse
last quarter (of the year)
servants' kitchen
room used by political officials (Edo period)
downwards direction; downstream
Shimomatsu Station
Shimoyama Station (Kyoto)
Shimohyōgo Station (Wakayama)