Yubi Kiri- Japanese Nursery Rhyme

Yubi Kiri is a Japanese Nursery Rhyme that teaches children not to lie.


I used it to learn Japanese as it has some basic Phraes in it.

I am sorry but I canot remember the website I found this on,If someone could tell me that would be great! but Until I find the linkI cannot credit it! sorry!

USEFUL WORDS:

指 yubi - finger
切り kiri - cut, a cut
げんまん gen man - probably the same as 拳骨 genkotsu (fist)
うそ uso - lie, a lie
うそ ついたら tsui tara - If tell a lie
針 hari - needle, pin
針千本 hari sen bon - 1000 needles. [the 本 is used to count needles - a thousand 千 to be precise]
飲ます nomasu - give a drink, cause to drink [same as 飲ませる ]
指切った yubi kitta - finger cut

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Music

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• Japanese
• Nursery
• Rhyme

[garturo62]

But doesnt Yubi Kiri mean

"Pinky promise"?

[pinkfairyhannah]

its the same thing really. the pinky promise in japanese terms came from the yubi kiri song.

[Chaoticcuddle]

This rhyme sounds strangly scarry.

O_o;

[animegirl5165]

Correct me if I'm wrong. ^^

In old times, japanese women used to cut off their little finger to give as a gift to their husband/lover to show their loyalty. In time this song probably came up with a similar meaning.

[XxAnnaCx]

@garturo62 no the whoile rhyme is a pinky promise but in japanese you would say yubi kitta for pinky promise :P yubi kiri does mean cut a finger

:3

[ebazz8305]

@animegirl5165 I was going to say only men do that for their lords but i'm not sure myself...never heard of a case of women doing that though so you might be right....hmmmmm

[ebazz8305]

@Chaoticcuddle scarry? how so?

[12markinlove12]

cut off their little finger? I know how loyalty was (Extremely major) in those days but isn't that a little over the top? [No judgement intended]

[Himi96]

@Chaoticcuddle yaT____T higurashi! ahubbaubhaa

[jojofan671]

isnt the japanese pink promise:

Cross my heart, hope to die. Eat a 1, 000 needles if I lie.

[Shneequa]

@Chaoticcuddle i agree. there's a reference to it in one episode of the anime Holic (my apologies for forgetting the episode). Doumeki Shizuka-kun explained to Kunogi Himawari about the meaning of the pinky promise before. in the past, you don't hook pinkies and make a promise. a woman would cut off her pinky to show absolute loyalty to her man or her master.

thus ends the lecture *sheepish smile*

[JessicaFarley]

@Chaoticcuddle The lyrics sounds scary lol...

[KittyLuvYou]

YUBIKIRI!

But I thought it was a pinky promise not a cut on your finger...

Heh, maybe I'm right.