尻尾

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: S
Irregular

Alteration of shirio.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

尻尾 (counter , hiragana しっぽ, rōmaji shippo)

  1. tail
    • 1999 February 4, “ドレイク [Drake]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
      しっぽ (なが) (とり)。そのしっぽ (くう) (ちゅう)から (こう) (げき)する。
      Shippo ga nagai tori. Sono shippo de kūchū kara kōgeki suru.
      A bird with a long tail which he uses to attack with in the air.
    • 1999 March 1, “ナイトメア・スコーピオン [Nightmare Scorpion]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
       (あく) () ()せ、うなされている (あいだ) (よん) (ほん)もある (どく)しっぽ ()す。
      Akumu o mise, unasareteiru aida ni yonhon mo aru doku no shippo o sasu.
      It will stab you in your worst nightmare with its four poisonous tails.
    • 2000 April 20, “ウィップテイル・ガーゴイル [Whiptail Gargoyle]”, in Magic Ruler -魔法の支配者-, Konami:
      ムチのように (なが)しっぽ使 (つか)い、 (くう) (ちゅう)から (おそ)いかかってくる。
      Muchi no yō ni nagai shippo o tsukai, kūchū kara osoikakattekuru.
      He strikes down from the air with his long whip-like tail.
    • 2000 July 13, “ツインテール [Twin-Tail]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant -ファラオのしもべ-, Konami:
      ムチのようなしっぽ2 (ほん) () (まわ) (こう) (げき)する、 (すい) (ちゅう) (せい) (ぶつ)
      Muchi no yō na shippo ni-hon o furimawashi kōgeki suru, suichū seibutsu.
      An aquatic creature that attacks by brandishing its 2 whip-like tails.
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しり
Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (shiri, butt) + (o, tail).

Pronunciation

Noun

尻尾 (hiragana しりお, rōmaji shirio, historical hiragana しりを)

  1. tail
Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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