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尻尾を踏む is an exact match with the following word:
尻尾を踏む
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Reading : しっぽをふむ   
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to tread on a (dog's, tiger's etc.) tail
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• Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 30,981 which gives a rank of 74,946
• Google Japan frequency rank: 192,000 (about 297,000 results)
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Example sentences:
とら
虎
の
しっぽ
尻尾
を
ふ
踏
む
。 kotowaza
Take a great risk (literally: tread on a tiger's tail).
尻
しり butt, buttocks   
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
尸
corpse
尾
ビ   お tail   
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毛
モウ   fur; hair   け fur   
踏
トウ   ふむ step on   ふまえる to be based on   
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⻊
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
沓
くつ shoes   
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水
スイ   みず water   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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