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尻(しり)に敷(し)く

しりにしくshirinishiku

Rare or specialisedVerb

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. expressionGodan verb with ku ending

    to dominate (usu. one's husband)

Example sentences 10

奥(おく)さんの尻(しり)にしかれている。

  • His wife leads him by the nose.

Words:奥(おく)さんの尻(しり)に敷(し)く

Verified

トムってしっかり奥(おく)さんの尻(しり)に敷(し)かれているのね。

  • Tom's wife keeps him on such a short rope.

Words:ってしっかり奥(おく)さんの尻(しり)に敷(し)くね

呼(こ)吸(きゅう)をする以(い)外(がい)、なにをするにも、事(じ)前(ぜん)に妻(つま)の許(きょ)可(か)を必(ひつ)要(よう)とする人(ひと)は女(にょう)房(ぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれている夫(おっと)だ。

  • A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.

女(にょう)房(ぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれている亭(てい)主(しゅ)は、幸(しあわ)せな独(ひと)り者(もの)に話(はな)してはじめて、自(じ)分(ぶん)の問(もん)題(だい)を認(にん)識(しき)することがたびたびだ。

  • Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.

あの夫(ふう)婦(ふ)は共(とも)かせぎしている。だが亭(てい)主(しゅ)の給(きゅう)料(りょう)のほうが女(にょう)房(ぼう)の給(きゅう)料(りょう)よりも低(ひく)い。亭(てい)主(しゅ)が女(にょう)房(ぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれるのも当(とう)然(ぜん)だ。

  • He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.

あの家(いえ)では、妻(つま)が常(つね)に夫(おっと)を尻(しり)に敷(し)いているから、近(きん)所(じょ)の人(ひと)は『雌(めん)鶏(どり)歌(うた)えば家(いえ)滅(ほろ)ぶ』と嘆(なげ)いているそうだ。

  • In that house, since the wife is always bossing the husband around, neighbors are reportedly lamenting, 'When the hen crows, the house falls'.

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