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

  • (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.
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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

Noun

尻(しり)尾(お) • (shirio) ←しりを (siriwo)?

  1. tail
Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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