Word Meaning 尻切れ蜻蛉

しりきれとんぼ shirikiretombo

尻切れ蜻蛉 is read as しりきれとんぼ (shirikiretombo) and means leaving unfinished.

Meaning

English

  1. leaving unfinished
  2. unfinished ending

Reading

Kana

しりきれとんぼ

Romaji

shirikiretombo

Writing Variants

  • 尻切れとんぼ しりきれとんぼ shirikiretombo
  • 尻切れトンボ しりきれとんぼ shirikiretombo

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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尻切れ

しりきれ

object cut off at the end

蜻蛉

とんぼ

dragonfly

水蜻蛉

みずとんぼ

Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid)

気楽蜻蛉

きらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

深山川蜻蛉

みやまがわとんぼ

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)

極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow

伊予蜻蛉

いよとんぼ

whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis)

赤蜻蛉

あかとんぼ

(small) red dragonfly

竹蜻蛉

たけとんぼ

small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

羽黒蜻蛉

はぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)

河蜻蛉

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)

鉄漿蜻蛉

おはぐろとんぼ

Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)