N21385/1725

尻尾しっぽ

obsolete readingnounnoun (generic)

Reading

しっぽ

Meanings

tail (of an animal)
tail end, tip

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Example sentences

犬いぬは嬉うれしいとき尻尾しっぽを振ふる。

Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.

猫ねこが尻尾しっぽを立たてて近ちかづいてきた。

The cat approached with its tail held up.

その動物どうぶつは長ながい尻尾しっぽを持もっていて、木きに巻まきつけることができる。

That animal has a long tail and can wrap it around trees.

犯人はんにんの尻尾しっぽをつかもうとしたが、なかなか証拠しょうこが見みつからなかった。

They tried to catch the culprit's tail end, but evidence was hard to come by.

傷きずついた狐きつねは尻尾しっぽを下さげたまま森もりの奥おくへと姿すがたを消きえた。

The wounded fox disappeared deep into the forest with its tail lowered.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)