おしろ

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Phrase[edit]

おしろ (oshiro

  1. 御城, お城: honorific form of (shiro, castle)

Etymology 2[edit]

From non-central dialects of Old Japanese that haven't undergone the vowel rising <*o → u> for some reason, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *osiro.

Noun[edit]

おしろ (oshiro

  1. 後ろ: (now rare, dialectal, Iwate, Hachijō, Kansai, Shikoku, Izumo, etc.) Nonstandard form of 後ろ (ushiro, back, behind, rear).