尻尾を掴む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 尻 | 尾 | 掴 |
| しっぽ | つか Hyōgaiji | |
| Grade: S | Grade: S | |
| irregular | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 尻尾を摑む (kyūjitai) 尻尾をつかむ しっぽを掴む |
Verb
尻尾を掴む • (shippo o tsukamu) godan (stem 尻尾を掴み (shippo o tsukami), past 尻尾を掴んだ (shippo o tsukanda))
- (idiomatic) to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead
- to grab by the tail
Conjugation
Conjugation of "尻尾を掴む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 尻尾を掴ま | しっぽをつかま | shippōtsukama |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 尻尾を掴み | しっぽをつかみ | shippōtsukami |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 尻尾を掴む | しっぽをつかむ | shippōtsukamu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 尻尾を掴む | しっぽをつかむ | shippōtsukamu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 尻尾を掴め | しっぽをつかめ | shippōtsukame |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 尻尾を掴め | しっぽをつかめ | shippōtsukame |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 尻尾を掴まれる | しっぽをつかまれる | shippōtsukamareru |
| Causative | 尻尾を掴ませる 尻尾を掴ます |
しっぽをつかませる しっぽをつかます |
shippōtsukamaseru shippōtsukamasu |
| Potential | 尻尾を掴める | しっぽをつかめる | shippōtsukameru |
| Volitional | 尻尾を掴もう | しっぽをつかもう | shippōtsukamō |
| Negative | 尻尾を掴まない | しっぽをつかまない | shippōtsukamanai |
| Negative continuative | 尻尾を掴まず | しっぽをつかまず | shippōtsukamazu |
| Formal | 尻尾を掴みます | しっぽをつかみます | shippōtsukamimasu |
| Perfective | 尻尾を掴んだ | しっぽをつかんだ | shippōtsukanda |
| Conjunctive | 尻尾を掴んで | しっぽをつかんで | shippōtsukande |
| Hypothetical conditional | 尻尾を掴めば | しっぽをつかめば | shippōtsukameba |
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