<entry id="2191087" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1647150</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>尻拭い</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>尻ぬぐい</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しりぬぐい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>cleaning up someone else's mess</gloss>
<gloss>making up for someone else's mistake</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<s_inf>literal meaning</s_inf>
<gloss>ass-wiping</gloss>
<gloss>arse-wiping</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-06-26 12:56:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,1 +16,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up or covering for another (lit: wiping another's buttocks)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up or covering for another&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -19,0 +19,1 @@
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;wiping another's buttocks&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-06-30 07:35:22" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-21 11:26:36" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daij eij gg5</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up or covering for another&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;bearing the consequences of someone else's error&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;paying a debt for someone&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;wiping another's buttocks&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up somebody else's mess&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;carrying the can&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;literal meaning&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;ass-wiping&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-21 21:43:53" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>For those of us who don't wipe donkeys.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -24,0 +25 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;arse-wiping&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-19 10:46:13" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Converting somebody to someone
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -17 +17 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up somebody else's mess&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up someone else's mess&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-09 14:25:49" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>only vs in daijs but even their example is をする
「子供の借金の―をする」

尻拭い	62449	88.5%
尻拭いし	3649	5.2%
尻拭いをし	4476	6.3%</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,2 +14,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -22 +19,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;vs;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-10 05:45:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-11 10:48:57" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"carrying the can" means taking the blame. I don't think it's a good fit for 尻拭い.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>prog
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-carry-the-can</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16 +16 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;carrying the can&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;making up for someone else's mistake&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-11 11:49:39" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-15 12:17:05" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Aligning.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up someone else's mess&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;making up for someone else's mistake&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up the mess (after something going wrong)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;carrying the can&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-15 22:14:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>All the kokugos define it the same way. I don't think this is an improvement.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijs: 他人の失敗などの後始末をすること。「子供の借金の―をする」</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-16 02:17:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK. I'll put it back.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up the mess (after something going wrong)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;carrying the can&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cleaning up someone else's mess&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;making up for someone else's mistake&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>