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    3. 竜頭蛇尾

    竜頭蛇尾

    竜りゅう頭とう蛇だ尾び

    strong beginning and weak ending

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab44 strokes

    龍頭蛇尾

    りゅうとうだび

    Noun

    1.
    strong beginning and weak ending, anticlimax
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 44

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    竜
    たつ・いせ…(4)
    dragon・imperial
    頭
    あたま・かしら・-がしら・かぶり…(8)
    head・counter for large animals
    蛇
    へび…(6)
    snake・serpent・hard drinker
    尾
    お…(1)
    tail・end・counter for fish・lower slope of mountain
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