Meanings
Noun
1. tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
2. slope at the foot of a mountain
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
(mountain) ridge
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
tail and feathers
whale tail
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
caudal fin; tail fin
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
tail feathers
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
drooping tail
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
whale tail
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
Takao Station
Nagao Station (Osaka)
Arao Station
Matsuo Station
Examples (6 in total)
My dog is wagging his tail.
The dog wagged its tail eagerly.
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.