しりきれとんぼ
Japanese
Alternative spellings |
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尻切れ蜻蛉 尻切れとんぼ 尻切れトンボ |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しりきれとんぼ [shìríkíré tóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾʲikʲiɾe̞ tõ̞mbo̞]
Noun
しりきれとんぼ or しりきれトンボ • (shirikire tonbo) ←しりきれとんぼ (sirikiretonbo)?
- "cut-tailed dragonfly": (idiomatic) cut off and unfinished
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN