Word Meaning 尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ shippo o tsukamu

尻尾を掴む is read as しっぽをつかむ (shippo o tsukamu) and means to grab by the tail.

Meaning

English

to grab by the tail
to have something on someone
to catch someone out
to trip someone up
to have evidence
to get a lead

Reading

Kana

しっぽをつかむ

Romaji

shippo o tsukamu

Writing Variants

しっぽを掴む しっぽをつかむ shippootsukamu
尻尾をつかむ しっぽをつかむ shippootsukamu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 29 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)

尻尾を振る

しっぽをふる

to wag one's 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

掴む

つかむ

to understand

交尾む

つるむ

to copulate (animals)

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