尻尾を振る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 尻 | 尾 | 振 |
| しっぽ | ふ Grade: S | |
| Grade: S | Grade: S | |
| irregular | kun'yomi | |
Etymology
From 尻尾 (“tail”) + を (“direct object marker”) + 振る (“to wag”).
Verb
尻尾を振る • (shippo o furu) godan (stem 尻尾を振り (shippo o furi), past 尻尾を振った (shippo o futta))
Conjugation
| 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 |