Word details

竜頭蛇尾

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 竜頭蛇尾.

Dictionary

Entry

竜頭蛇尾龍頭蛇尾ゅうとうだびNoun四字熟語Freq #124206
1

strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

dragon, imperial

10 strokesFrequency 1,195JLPT N1Grade 8

On

リュウリョウロウ

Kun

たついせ

Nanori

りう

head, counter for large animals

16 strokesFrequency 433JLPT N3Grade 2

On

トウ

Kun

あたまかしら-がしらかぶり

Nanori

かみがみちゃんつむり

snake, serpent, hard drinker

11 strokesFrequency 1,721JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ジャ

Kun

へび

Nanori

あぶ

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

7 strokesFrequency 875JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

dragon, imperial

16 strokesFrequency 1,734Grade 10

On

リュウリョウロウ

Kun

たつ

Nanori

りゅ

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