尻尾

しっぽ しりお

tail (animal)

尻切れ

しりきれ

object cut off at the end, sudden, abrupt ending

大トカゲ

おおトカゲ

monitor lizard

トカゲ目

トカゲもく とかげもく

Squamata (order of scaled reptiles, sometimes esp. the Sauria or Lacertilia)

トカゲ類

トカゲるい

lizards

尻尾を巻く

しっぽをまく

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

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

尻切れトンボ

しりきれトンボ しりきれとんぼ

leaving unfinished, unfinished ending

尻取り

しりとり

Japanese word-chain game, cap verses

虎の尾

とらのお

tiger's tail

ガスの尾

ガスのお

gas tail (of a comet)

尾の身

おのみ

whale tail

塵の尾

ちりのお

dust tail (of a comet)

尻

しり

buttocks, behind, rump, bottom

垂り尾

しだりお

drooping tail

喧嘩の尻

けんかのしり

aftermath of a quarrel (failure)

尻上がり

しりあがり

rising (intonation, market)