shiatsu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 指(し)圧(あつ) (shiatsu), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger”) + 壓 (MC 'aep, “downward force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈɑːt.suː/, /ʃiːˈæt.suː/

Noun

shiatsu (uncountable)

1. A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.

Translations

shiatsu

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指壓／指压 (zh) (zhǐyā), 指压 (zh) (zhǐyā)

• Finnish: shiatsu
• French: shiatsu (fr) m
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• German: Shiatsu (de) f
• Japanese: 指圧 (ja) (しあつ, shiatsu)
• Korean: 지압 (ko) (jiap) (指壓 (ko))
• Russian: шиа́цу (ru) f (šiácu), сиа́цу f (siácu), акупрессу́ра (ru) f (akupressúra)

Anagrams

• situash, thiasus

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Italian

Etymology

From Japanese 指圧(しあつ) (shiatsu), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger”) + Middle Chinese 壓 (MC 'aep, “downward force”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: shi‧à‧tsu

Noun

shiatsu m (uncountable)

1. shiatsu

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Japanese

Romanization

shiatsu

1. Rōmaji transcription of しあつ