尾

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

to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

Idiomatic expression

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

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

consistent; unchanging from beginning to end

Anatomy

coccyx; tailbone

Idiomatic expression

to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail

fish served whole (complete with head and tail)

Idiomatic expression

to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)

withered silver grass

Proverb

fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass

tail fin; vertical tail; vertical tailplane

strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax

to be in a miserable state; to be down and out

tailplane; horizontal stabilizer; horizontal stabiliser

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

tail recursion

Grammar

inflection; conjugation; declension

Idiomatic expression

to succeed by following the lead of an expert; to get ahead by following someone's lead

Salsola komarovii (species of saltwort)

Grammar; E.g. か, き, く, け for 書く

inflectional ending (in Japanese)

(logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end

brown capuchin; tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)