尻尾

尻尾

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尻	尾
しり > しっ Grade: S	お > ぽ Grade: S
irregular

Alteration of shirio.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) しっぽ​ [shìppóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕip̚po̞]

Noun

尻(しっ)尾(ぽ) • (shippo)  (counter 本)

1. tail
   • 1999 February 4, “ドレイク [Drake]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

     しっぽが長(なが)い鳥(とり)。そのしっぽで空(くう)中(ちゅう)から攻(こう)撃(げき)する。

     Shippo ga nagai tori. Sono shippo de kūchū kara kōgeki suru.

     A bird with a long tail which it uses to attack in the air.

   • 1999 March 1, “ナイトメア・スコーピオン [Nightmare Scorpion]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     悪(あく)夢(む)を見(み)せ、うなされている間(あいだ)に四(よん)本(ほん)もある毒(どく)のしっぽを刺(さ)す。

     Akumu o mise, unasareteiru aida ni yonhon mo aru doku no shippo o sasu.

     It will stab you in your worst nightmare with its four poisonous tails.

   • 2000 April 20, “ウィップテイル・ガーゴイル [Whiptail Gargoyle]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:

     ムチのように長(なが)いしっぽを使(つか)い、空(くう)中(ちゅう)から襲(おそ)いかかってくる。

     Muchi no yō ni nagai shippo o tsukai, kūchū kara osoikakattekuru.

     He strikes down from the air with his long whip-like tail.

   • 2000 July 13, “ツインテール [Twin-Tail]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

     ムチのようなしっぽ２(に)本(ほん)を振(ふ)り回(まわ)し攻(こう)撃(げき)する、水(すい)中(ちゅう)生(せい)物(ぶつ)。

     Muchi no yō na shippo ni-hon o furimawashi kōgeki suru, suichū seibutsu.

     An aquatic creature that attacks by brandishing its two whip-like tails.

Synonyms

• 尾(お) (o)

Derived terms

• 尻(しっ)尾(ぽ)を出(だ)す (shippo o dasu)
• 尻(しっ)尾(ぽ)を巻(ま)く (shippo o maku)
• 尻(しっ)尾(ぽ)を振(ふ)る (shippo o furu)
• 尻(しっ)尾(ぽ)を掴(つか)む (shippo o tsukamu)
• 蜥蜴(とかげ)の尻(しっ)尾(ぽ)切(き)り (tokage no shippo kiri, “passing the buck to a subordinate”)

 

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尻	尾
しり Grade: S	お Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 尻 (shiri, “butt”) +‎ 尾 (o, “tail”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) しりお​ [shìríóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• (Tokyo) しり​お [shìríꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲio̞]

Noun

尻(しり)尾(お) • (shirio) ^{←しりを (siriwo)?}

1. tail

Synonyms

• 尾(お) (o)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN