空を掴む

くうをつかむ そらをつかむ

to grasp at the air

コツを掴む

こつをつかむ コツをつかむ

to get the hang of, to learn the secret to

尻尾

しっぽ しりお

tail (animal)

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on, to clutch

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

襟首を掴む

えりくびをつかむ

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

藁をも掴む

わらをもつかむ

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

証拠を掴む

しょうこをつかむ

to obtain evidence

胸ぐらを掴む

むなぐらをつかむ

to grab someone by the collar, to grab someone by the lapels

引っ掴む

ひっつかむ

to snatch (at), to grab

尻を持ち込む

しりをもちこむ

to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)

虎の尾を踏む

とらのおをふむ

to take great risks

交尾む

つるむ こうびむ

to copulate (animals), to mate

トカゲの尻尾切り

トカゲのしっぽきり

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

掴み

つかみ

grip

溺れる者は藁をも掴む

おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

尾を引く

おをひく

to leave a trail, to leave traces, to have a lasting effect