Word Meaning 尻尾を巻く

しっぽをまく shippo o maku

尻尾を巻く is read as しっぽをまく (shippo o maku) 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

shippo o maku

Writing Variants

しっぽを巻く しっぽをまく shippoomaku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 161289 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

巻尾

かんび

end of a book

房尾巻猿

ふさおまきざる

brown capuchin

尾巻猿

おまきざる

any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

トカゲの尻尾切り

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

取り巻く

とりまく

to surround

巻く

まく

to link (verse)

息巻く

いきまく

to rage