尾

waterway; channel

wake (of a ship)

stern

thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish

Clothing

tailcoat

end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

Idiomatic expression

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone; to grab by the tail

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

ornamental ridge-end tile

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

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

hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

failure; poor result

disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity

stern (of a warship)

one fish; one shrimp

consistent; unchanging from beginning to end

the rear

great success; happy result; good result

conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

Idiomatic expression

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

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

Grammar

suffix