尾ひれ – vocab dash

尾おひれ

Meanings

Noun

1. tail and fins

2. embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

Other spellings

尾お鰭ひれ尾おヒレ

Kanji used

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

おひれ

Examples1

「学がく園えんの廊ろう下かで、濃のう厚こうなキスシーン・・・聞きいたぞ聞きいたぞ」「濃のう厚こうじゃなーい！話はなしに尾おひれ付ついてるって・・・」

"A passionate kiss scene in a school corridor ... I've heard all about it!" "It wasn't passionate! That's an exaggeration..."