胡麻磨り

胡麻磨り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	麻	磨
ご Jinmeiyō	ま Grade: S	す Grade: S
on’yomi	on’yomi	kun’yomi

See also 胡麻を磨る

Alternative forms

• ゴマすり (gomasuri)
• 胡 (ご)麻 (ま)擂 (す)り (gomasuri)

Etymology

胡 (ご)麻 (ま) (goma, “sesame”) + 磨 (す)る (suru, “grinding”)

Noun

胡麻磨り (hiragana ごますり, rōmaji gomasuri)

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