Word Meaning 尻尾をまく

しっぽをまく shippoomaku

尻尾をまく is read as しっぽをまく (shippoomaku) and means to tuck one's tail between one's legs.

Meaning

English

to tuck one's tail between one's legs
to admit defeat
to turn tail (and run)

Reading

Kana

しっぽをまく

Romaji

shippoomaku

Writing Variants

しっぽを巻く しっぽをまく shippoomaku
シッポを巻く しっぽをまく shippoomaku
尻尾を巻く しっぽをまく shippo o maku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 163755 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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尻尾

しっぽ

tail (animal)

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

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

尻

しり

consequence

首尾よく

しゅびよく

successfully

尾をひく

おをひく

to leave a trail

尾

お

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

尾行

びこう

shadow