| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 尻 | 尾 | 巻 |
| しっぽ | ま Grade: 6 | |
| Grade: S | Grade: S | |
| irregular | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 尻尾を卷く (kyūjitai) |
From 尻尾 (“tail”) + を (“direct object marker”) + 巻く (“to tuck”).
尻尾を巻く • (shippo o maku) godan (stem 尻尾を巻き (shippo o maki), past 尻尾を巻いた (shippo o maita))
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 尻尾を巻か | しっぽをまか | shippo o maka |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 尻尾を巻き | しっぽをまき | shippo o maki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 尻尾を巻く | しっぽをまく | shippo o maku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 尻尾を巻く | しっぽをまく | shippo o maku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 尻尾を巻け | しっぽをまけ | shippo o make |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 尻尾を巻け | しっぽをまけ | shippo o make |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 尻尾を巻かれる | しっぽをまかれる | shippo o makareru |
| Causative | 尻尾を巻かせる 尻尾を巻かす |
しっぽをまかせる しっぽをまかす |
shippo o makaseru shippo o makasu |
| Potential | 尻尾を巻ける | しっぽをまける | shippo o makeru |
| Volitional | 尻尾を巻こう | しっぽをまこう | shippo o makō |
| Negative | 尻尾を巻かない | しっぽをまかない | shippo o makanai |
| Negative continuative | 尻尾を巻かず | しっぽをまかず | shippo o makazu |
| Formal | 尻尾を巻きます | しっぽをまきます | shippo o makimasu |
| Perfective | 尻尾を巻いた | しっぽをまいた | shippo o maita |
| Conjunctive | 尻尾を巻いて | しっぽをまいて | shippo o maite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 尻尾を巻けば | しっぽをまけば | shippo o makeba |