崩し

崩し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
崩
くず Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The conjunctive form of the verb 崩す (kuzusu, “destroy; disturb an erect posture; change money into smaller denominations, break a bill”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くずし​ [kùzúshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝɕi]

Noun

崩し (hiragana くずし, rōmaji kuzushi, historical hiragana くづし)

1. (judo) unbalancing an opponent

Derived terms

• 松葉崩 (まつばくず)し (matsubakuzushi, “a sex position in which a man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding up the other”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN