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.)
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
lower half of the body
down; below; downward
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
small attached annex; lean-to
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
small attached annex; lean-to
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
lower reaches (e.g. of a valley); downstream sector
round-faced; bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom
second half of the year; second half of the fiscal year
downhill; decline; waning
last two figures of a number
last part of a poem or Bible verse
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
second half of the (fiscal) year
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)
lower classes; common people
servant; manservant; menial
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
(in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp)
to talk about indecent things
sitz bath; sitting bath; bath for the lower half of the body; lower pool (e.g. in an onsen); lower bath
room used by political officials (Edo period)
last part of a poem or Bible verse
last quarter (of the year)
downwards direction; downstream
Shimoyama Station (Kyoto)
Shimomatsu Station
Shimohyōgo Station (Wakayama)