尻尾

しっぽ しりお

tail (animal)

尻尾を巻く

しっぽをまく

(a person) to admit defeat, to turn tail (and run)

尻切れ

しりきれ

object cut off at the end, sudden, abrupt ending

尻腐れ

しりぐされ

blossom-end rot

それはそれとして

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

やれやれ

exclamation of relief or disappointment

尾ひれ

tail and fins

これはと

strikingly; perfectly

尻切れトンボ

しりきれトンボ しりきれとんぼ

leaving unfinished, unfinished ending

尻尾を振る

しっぽをふる

to wag one's tail

尻尾を出す

しっぽをだす

to show one's true colors, to expose one's faults, to give oneself away

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to have something on someone, to catch someone out, to trip someone up, to have evidence, to get a lead

頭切れ

とうきれ

clipping off the beginning

竜頭蛇尾

りゅうとうだび

a strong beginning and a weak ending, an anticlimax

徹頭徹尾

てっとうてつび

thoroughly, through and through

尾頭付き

おかしらつき

fish served whole (complete with head and tail)

やれ

oh!, ah!, oh dear!, dear me!, thank God!

尾ひれがつく

おひれがつく

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

枯れ尾花

かれおばな

withered silver grass