潮吹き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潮	吹
しお Grade: 6	ふ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

潮 (shio, “seawater”) +‎ 吹き (fuki, “spouting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 吹く (fuku, “to spout”).)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しおふき [shìófúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) しおふき [shìófúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
(Tokyo) しおふき [shìófúkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕio̞ɸɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

潮(しお)吹(ふ)き • (shiofuki) ^{←しほふき (sifofuki)^?}

a whale's spouting
(figuratively) female ejaculation

Descendants

→ Chinese: 潮吹 (cháochuī) (orthographic)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN