Word Meaning 尻尾を振る

しっぽをふる shippo o furu

尻尾を振る is read as しっぽをふる (shippo o furu) and means to wag one's tail.

Meaning

English

to wag one's tail
to flatter
to butter up
to fawn (on)

Reading

Kana

しっぽをふる

Romaji

shippo o furu

Writing Variants

しっぽを振る しっぽをふる shippoofuru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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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

尻

しり

consequence

振り返る

ふりかえる

to think back (on)

振る

ふる

to add kana indicating a reading of a word

振り切る

ふりきる

to break off from (pursuer)

割り振る

わりふる

to assign

振り上げる

ふりあげる

to raise overhead

振り分ける

ふりわける

to divide in two