noun, takes genitive case の

  1. rising intonation, upward inflection.

noun

  1. rising tendency, upward trend, getting better, improvement.
  2. feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
尻上がり しりあがり
 
尻上り しりあがり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

buttocks, hips, butt
しり コウ がみ (11th)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)