尻尾を振る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尻 尾 振
しっぽ ふ
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irregular kun’yomi

Etymology

From 尻尾 (“tail”) +‎ を (“direct object marker”) +‎ 振る (“to wag”).

Verb

尻尾(しっぽ)を振(ふ)る • (shippo o furu) godan (stem 尻尾(しっぽ)を振(ふ)り (shippo o furi), past 尻尾(しっぽ)を振(ふ)った (shippo o futta))

  1. (idiomatic) to flatter; to butter up
  2. to wag one's tail

Conjugation

See also

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