尻尾

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alteration of shirio.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(しっ)() (shippo (counter )

  1. tail
    • 1999 February 4, “ドレイク [Drake]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
      しっぽ(なが)(とり)。そのしっぽ(くう)(ちゅう)から(こう)(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:
      (あく)()()せ、うなされている(あいだ)(よん)(ほん)もある(どく)しっぽ()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(なが)しっぽ使(つか)い、(くう)(ちゅう)から(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()(ほん)()(まわ)(こう)(げき)する、(すい)(ちゅう)(せい)(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
しり
Grade: S

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of (shiri, butt) +‎ (o, tail).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しり)() (shirioしりを (siriwo)?

  1. tail
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN