尻尾を出す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 尻 | 尾 | 出 |
| しっぽ | だ Grade: 1 | |
| Grade: S | Grade: S | |
| irregular | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| しっぽを出す |
Etymology
From 尻尾 (“tail”) + を (“direct object marker”) + 出す (“to show, to expose”).
Verb
尻尾を出す • (shippo o dasu) godan (stem 尻尾を出し (shippo o dashi), past 尻尾を出した (shippo o dashita))
- (idiomatic) to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away and run
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 尻尾を出さ | しっぽをださ | shippo o dasa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 尻尾を出し | しっぽをだし | shippo o dashi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 尻尾を出す | しっぽをだす | shippo o dasu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 尻尾を出す | しっぽをだす | shippo o dasu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 尻尾を出せ | しっぽをだせ | shippo o dase |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 尻尾を出せ | しっぽをだせ | shippo o dase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 尻尾を出される | しっぽをだされる | shippo o dasareru |
| Causative | 尻尾を出させる 尻尾を出さす |
しっぽをださせる しっぽをださす |
shippo o dasaseru shippo o dasasu |
| Potential | 尻尾を出せる | しっぽをだせる | shippo o daseru |
| Volitional | 尻尾を出そう | しっぽをだそう | shippo o dasō |
| Negative | 尻尾を出さない | しっぽをださない | shippo o dasanai |
| Negative continuative | 尻尾を出さず | しっぽをださず | shippo o dasazu |
| Formal | 尻尾を出します | しっぽをだします | shippo o dashimasu |
| Perfective | 尻尾を出した | しっぽをだした | shippo o dashita |
| Conjunctive | 尻尾を出して | しっぽをだして | shippo o dashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 尻尾を出せば | しっぽをだせば | shippo o daseba |
See also
References
- “〈尻尾〉を出す”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026