Word Meaning 尻尾

しっぽ shippo

尻尾 is read as しっぽ (shippo) and means tail (animal).

Meaning

English

  1. tail (animal)
  2. tail end
  3. tip

Reading

Kana

しっぽ

Romaji

shippo

Writing Variants

  • 尻尾 しりお shirio

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Synonyms ,尾っぽ,しっぽ Rank 8041 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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尻尾を出す

しっぽをだす

to show one's true colors (colours)

尻尾を振る

しっぽをふる

to wag one's tail

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to grab by the tail

尻尾をまく

しっぽをまく

to tuck one's tail between one's legs

蜥蜴の尻尾切り

とかげのしっぽぎり

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them

しり

consequence

slope at the foot of a mountain

末尾

まつび

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

首尾

しゅび

dealing with something successfully

交尾

こうび

copulation (among animals)

語尾

ごび

(inflectional) ending of a word

追尾

ついび

following

Example Sentences

1

いぬがしっぽをげんきにふっている。

The dog is wagging its tail energetically.