脇

Glyph origin
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Kanji

 * 1) armpit
 * 2) the other way

Etymology 1
Nominalization of verb, from the of waki. Came to refer to the space between where two things split off from each other, and then, by extension, came to refer to the side of something.

Noun

 * 1)  the armpit, the underarm
 * 2) the underarm area of clothing
 * 3) the side of something (this sense may also be spelled  or ).
 * 4) a tangent, such as in a conversation
 * 5) something in a secondary and supporting role:
 * 6) in ancient Japan, an assistant to the
 * 7) in the medieval period, old name for
 * 8) in, the supporting role played alongside the main protagonist
 * 9) in, the supporting reciter
 * 10) in, the accompaniment
 * 11) something of lesser importance, something on the back burner (often used in constructions such as, .)
 * 12) short for : a type of Noh theatre, performed first in a series of performances, wherein a god or spirit prays for a peaceful reign for the emperor
 * 13) short for : the two seven-syllable lines of poetry following the
 * 14) short for : lower-ranking commoners in the Edo period and earlier
 * 15) somewhere, someone, or something else
 * 1) in, the accompaniment
 * 2) something of lesser importance, something on the back burner (often used in constructions such as, .)
 * 3) short for : a type of Noh theatre, performed first in a series of performances, wherein a god or spirit prays for a peaceful reign for the emperor
 * 4) short for : the two seven-syllable lines of poetry following the
 * 5) short for : lower-ranking commoners in the Edo period and earlier
 * 6) somewhere, someone, or something else

Derived terms

 * : a type of fancy banquet dish for nobility

Idioms

 * : “to have sweet armpits” → in sumo, to be susceptible to underarm holds and throws
 * : “from the sidelines, it might not look like it could be that way” → it's generally difficult for someone uninvolved in a serious matter to understand all the particulars
 * : “to scratch one's armpit” → to get worked up, to get into a state
 * : “to fill in the underarms” → to become an adult
 * : “to close off the underarms” → to become an adult

Synonyms

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