shiatsu

1. 1.

   treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body

   SynonymsacupressureG-Jo

   Broadertreatment

   China · Japan

Other forms of shiatsu

plural

shiatsus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shiatsu

What does shiatsu mean?

shiatsu means "treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body".

How many syllables are in shiatsu?

shiatsu has 3 syllables: shi-at-su. The stress falls on "shi".

What is another word for shiatsu?

Close synonyms include acupressure, G-Jo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shiatsu a common word?

shiatsu is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.