びり

びり · biri · JLPT N1 · noun

list

🍑 Etymology: びり = 尻 (shiri, bottom); last place is the bottom of the ranking

The word comes from しり (shiri, rear end) with the first consonant voiced to びり. Finishing last means ending up at the bottom of the list, the same place the old noun pointed to.

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