noun

  1. word ending, way of ending one's words.
  2. slip of the tongue, verbal mistake.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
言葉尻 ことばじり
 
 
言葉じり ことばじり
言葉後 ことばじり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は ヨウ よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ うすいきふだ まど
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
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)