(idiomatic) to flatter; to butter up / to wag one's tail

(idiomatic) to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

(idiomatic) to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead / to grab by the tail

(idiomatic) to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away and run

stray cat; alley cat

Synonym of シャム (“Siamese cat”)

Cheshire cat

(sumo) A distracting clap, literally fool-the-cat, loudly clapping hands in front of an opponent’s face to distract them at the start of a sumo match.

(fiction, art) (human's) eye with a shape evocative of a cat's eye, large and almond-shaped

cat older than a kitten but not yet an adult