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 (18 in total)
① 内湾や河口付近の水深の浅い湖や海岸の水底において、水の流れによる侵食で出来る溝で小舟が通れる水路。② 港などで、船舶の航行のために海底を掘削した水路。③ 船が通った後にできる水泡や水の筋。
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
① 山の頂と頂とを結んで連なる部分。
tail and feathers
caudal fin; tail fin
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
① 脊椎動物のお尻から伸びる細長い部分。② 脊椎動物以外の動物で、体の後方に突き出た部分。③ 細長いものや、列などの後ろ側。④ 隠し事などがばれてしまうきっかけとなるもの。
fish served whole (complete with head and tail)
tail feathers
whale tail
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
drooping 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
Examples (6 in total)
My dog is wagging his tail.
The dog wagged its tail eagerly.
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.