ヒップhippu

Common
Definitions
  1. nounhips; buttocks; backside
  2. na-adjectivehip; trendy; cool; with it
Conjugation
Plain formヒップ
Polite (desu)ヒップです
Negative (dewa nai)ヒップではない
polite (dewa arimasen)ヒップではありません
Past (datta)ヒップだった
Past negative (dewa nakatta)ヒップではなかった
Te form (de)ヒップで
Adverbial (ni)ヒップに
Conditional (nara)ヒップなら

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym尻しりNeutralNative word for the buttocks, common in everyday speech; also the bottom of an object or last place. 「ヒップ」 is for fashion contexts like body shape and clothing sizes.
  • Synonym臀部でんぶWrittenMedical and formal term for the buttocks, with no colloquial flavor; in daily speech and for clothing sizes people usually say 「ヒップ」 or 「お尻」.
  • SynonymおしりNeutralPolite way to say 「尻」 and the most common everyday word for the buttocks; 「ヒップ」 leans toward fashion contexts like body lines and sizes.

For the hips in body shape or clothing sizes, use 「ヒップ」, as in 「ヒップアップ」. In everyday speech say 「お尻」; 「尻」 is more casual, and 「臀部」 is the medical term.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 尻しり。
  2. 腰囲ようい。
  3. 洒落しゃれているさま。粋いきなさま。
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