waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
tail (animal); tail end; tip
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's 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