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Japanese
Etymology 1
Alteration of shirio.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
尻尾 • (shippo) (counter 本)
- tail
1999 February 4, “ドレイク [Drake]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
- しっぽが長い鳥。そのしっぽで空中から攻撃する。
- 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:
- 悪夢を見せ、うなされている間に四本もある毒のしっぽを刺す。
- 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:
- ムチのように長いしっぽを使い、空中から襲いかかってくる。
- 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本を振り回し攻撃する、水中生物。
- 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
Compound of 尻 (shiri, “butt”) + 尾 (o, “tail”).
Pronunciation
Noun
尻尾 • (shirio) ←しりを (siriwo)?
- tail
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