tail (animal); tail end; tip
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
thoroughly; through and through
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
successfully; with success
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
successfully; with success
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
(ear of) Japanese pampas grass
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
great success; happy result; good result
tail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
tail fin; vertical tail; vertical tailplane
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
final effort; final spurt; end; close; conclusion
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
tailplane; horizontal stabilizer; horizontal stabiliser
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to copulate (animals); to mate
tail-light (taillight); tail lamp (taillamp); rear light
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
tail of a swift horse; (fig.) behind a great person
inflection; conjugation; declension
to succeed by following the lead of an expert; to get ahead by following someone's lead
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
northern pintail (Anas acuta)
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
tail (of an aeroplane, airplane)
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
end of a sentence; sentence final
ornamental ridge-end tile
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
conjugative suffix (i.e. "-iru" and "-eru" for ichidan verbs, "-i" for i-adjectives, etc.)
cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
Caudata; Urodela; order comprising the salamanders
(logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
Anura; order comprising the frogs and toads
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
Hyōbi; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)
ornamental ridge-end tile
ornamental ridge-end tile
thoroughly; through and through
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
to copulate (animals); to mate
any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)
Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
tail-light (taillight); tail lamp (taillamp); rear light
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
tail coverts (birds); tail pipe (turbine); receiver (rifle)
white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
Salsola komarovii (species of saltwort)
brown capuchin; tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
urodeles (tailed amphibians)
yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)
pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low
beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
anurans (tailless amphibians)
tailless aircraft; tail-less airplane
tailless airplane; tail-less airplane
thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)
black-tailed godwit (species of sandpiper, Limosa limosa)
Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica); scorpion fly
blacktail reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark); grey reef shark
ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor
banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus); whitetail deer
northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)
Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura)
pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)