尻拭い

尻ぬぐい

Reading

Kana: しりぬぐい

Romaji: shirinugui

Definition

noun

vs

1

cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks

Kanji

尻

Readings: コウ、 しり

Meanings: buttocks, hips, butt, rear

拭

Readings: ショク、 シキ、 ぬぐ.う、 ふ.く

Meanings: wipe, mop, swab

Example Sentence

もう君(きみ)の尻拭(しりぬぐ)いはごめんだ。

➥I'm fed up with always backing you up.