Vocabulary
おひれがつく尾鰭が付く おひれがつく尾鰭が付く おひれがつく尾鰭が付く

Meaning

to become exaggerated (of rumours etc.) and to become embellished

Practice Writing

Character: 1/5
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Component Analysis

尾鰭が付く
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.), to become embellished
おひれがつく
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
鰭
fin
ひれ, キ, ギ
魚
fish
うお, さかな, ギョ
𠂊
( 勹 )
田
rice field, rice paddy
た, デン
灬
( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ, カ
耆
senility
おい.る, キ, シ
老
old man, old age, grow old
お.いる, ふ.ける, ロウ
耂
( 老 ) variant of radical 125
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
匕
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
さじ, ヒ
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ
付
adhere, attach, refer to...
つ.ける, -つ.ける, フ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...
スン
書

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