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しりきれとんぼ

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
尻切れ蜻蛉
尻切れとんぼ
尻切れトンボ

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) りきれとんぼ [shìríkíré tóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾʲikʲiɾe̞ tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

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しりきれとんぼ or しりきれトンボ (shirikire tonboしりきれとんぼ (sirikiretonbo)?

  1. "cut-tailed dragonfly": (idiomatic) cut off and unfinished

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN