- 1. [exp, v5k] to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run) (id)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-ku)
| Dictionary form | しっぽをまく | (shippowomaku) |
| Polite | しっぽをまきます | (shippowomakimasu) |
| Past, plain | しっぽをまいた | (shippowomaita) |
| Past, polite | しっぽをまきました | (shippowomakimashita) |
| Negative, plain | しっぽをまかない | (shippowomakanai) |
| Negative, polite | しっぽをまきません | (shippowomakimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しっぽをまかなかった | (shippowomakanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しっぽをまきませんでした | (shippowomakimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しっぽをまいて | (shippowomaite) |
| Potential | しっぽをまける | (shippowomakeru) |
| Volitional | しっぽをまこう | (shippowomakou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しっぽをまけば | (shippowomakeba) |
| Passive | しっぽをまかれる | (shippowomakareru) |
| Causative | しっぽをまかせる | (shippowomakaseru) |
| Imperative | しっぽをまけ | (shippowomake) |