尻尾を振る

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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

Conjugation of "尻尾を振る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 尻尾を振ら しっぽをふら shippōfura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 尻尾を振り しっぽをふり shippōfuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 尻尾を振る しっぽをふる shippōfuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 尻尾を振る しっぽをふる shippōfuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 尻尾を振れ しっぽをふれ shippōfure
Meireikei ("imperative") 尻尾を振れ しっぽをふれ shippōfure
Key constructions
Passive 尻尾を振られる しっぽをふられる shippōfurareru
Causative 尻尾を振らせる
尻尾を振らす 		しっぽをふらせる
しっぽをふらす 		shippōfuraseru
shippōfurasu
Potential 尻尾を振れる しっぽをふれる shippōfureru
Volitional 尻尾を振ろう しっぽをふろう shippōfurō
Negative 尻尾を振らない しっぽをふらない shippōfuranai
Negative continuative 尻尾を振らず しっぽをふらず shippōfurazu
Formal 尻尾を振ります しっぽをふります shippōfurimasu
Perfective 尻尾を振った しっぽをふった shippōfutta
Conjunctive 尻尾を振って しっぽをふって shippōfutte
Hypothetical conditional 尻尾を振れば しっぽをふれば shippōfureba

See also

Wikious
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