尻尾を掴む

尻尾をつかむ、 しっぽを掴む

Reading

Kana: しっぽをつかむ

Romaji: shippowotsukamu

Definitions

exp

v5m

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead

Note: idiomatic expression

2

to grab by the tail

Kanji

尻

Readings: コウ、 しり

Meanings: buttocks, hips, butt, rear

尾

Readings: ビ、 お

Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

掴

Readings: カク、 つか.む、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる

Meanings: catch, seize, grasp, hold, arrest, capture