Vocabulary
しっぽをだす尻尾を出す しっぽをだす尻尾を出す しっぽをだす尻尾を出す

Meaning

to show one's true colors (colours) to expose one's faults and to give oneself away

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

尻尾を出す
to show one's true colors (colours), to expose one's faults, to give oneself away
しっぽをだす
尻
buttocks, hips, butt...
しり, コウ
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
九
nine
ここの, ここの.つ, キュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
乙
the latter, duplicate, strange...
おと-, きのと, オツ
尾
tail, end, counter for fish...
お, ビ
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
毛
fur, hair, feather...
け, モウ
出
exit, leave, go out...
で.る, -で, シュツ
屮
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
ひだりて, テツ, サ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
書

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