noun

  1. cleaning up someone else's mess, making up for someone else's mistake.
  2. ass-wiping, arse-wiping. Literal meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
尻拭い しりぬぐい
 
 
 
尻ぬぐい しりぬぐい

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)
wipe, mop, swab
ふ.く ぬぐ.う ショク (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
style, ceremony, rite
シキ のり (3rd, N3)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)