noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. hesitation, wavering, faltering, balking, recoil, flinching.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
尻込み しりごみ
 
 
尻ごみ しりごみ
 
後込み しりごみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

buttocks, hips, butt
しり コウ がみ (Late High School)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)
crowded, mixture, in bulk
-こ.む こみ ごめ (Early Jr. High, N3)
enter, insert
い.る はい.る ニュウ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)