尻尾を掴む

Japanese

Alternative spellings
尻尾を摑む (kyūjitai) 尻尾をつかむしっぽを掴む

From 尻尾 (“tail”) +‎ を (“direct object marker”) +‎ 掴む (“to grab”).

尻尾(しっぽ)を掴(つか)む • (shippo o tsukamu) godan (stem 尻尾(しっぽ)を掴(つか)み (shippo o tsukami), past 尻尾(しっぽ)を掴(つか)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 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