尻切れトンボ

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しり
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 尻切れトンボ – see the following entry.
しりきれとんぼしりきれトンボ
[noun] "cut-tailed dragonfly": (idiomatic) cut off and unfinished
Alternative spellings
尻切れ蜻蛉, 尻切れとんぼ
(This term, 尻切れトンボ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)