Moto 尾: Tail; End; Counter For FishKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ビ
- Kun'yomi
- お
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 188 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ビ)
- 交尾こうびcopulation (among animals); mating
- 尾翼びよくtail (of an aircraft); empennage
- 尾行びこうshadow; tail
- 最後尾さいこうびend (e.g. of a line); tail end
- 末尾まつびend (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
- 船尾せんびstern of a ship
- 語尾ごび(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
- 追尾ついびfollowing; pursuing
- 首尾しゅびbeginning and end; from beginning to end
- キュー末尾キューまつびend of a queue
- 一尾いちびone fish; one shrimp
- 上首尾じょうしゅびgreat success; happy result
- 不首尾ふしゅびfailure; poor result
- 九尾の狐きゅうびのきつねnine-tailed kitsune (fox spirit, kitsune are said to be more powerful the more tails they have)
- 交尾期こうびきmating season
- 原尾類げんびるいproturans
- 垂直尾翼すいちょくびよくtail fin; vertical tail
- 大尾たいびend; conclusion
- 尾てい骨びていこつcoccyx; tailbone
- 尾季びきlast player
- 尾扇びせんtail fan
- 尾椎びついcaudal vertebra
- 尾橇びそりtail skid (aircraft)
- 尾灯びとうtail-light (taillight); tail lamp (taillamp)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 尾おtail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end
- 尾根おね(mountain) ridge
- しだり尾しだりおdrooping tail
- とらの尾を踏むとらのおをふむto play with fire; to do something very dangerous
- 丸尾雨傘まるおあまがさbanded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
- 尾っぽおっぽtail
- 尾の身おのみwhale tail
- 尾ひれおひれtail and fins
- 尾ひれがつくおひれがつくto become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
- 尾ひれが付くおひれがつくto become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
- 尾ひれをつけるおひれをつけるto exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
- 尾ひれを付けるおひれをつけるto exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
- 尾びれおびれcaudal fin; tail fin
- 尾を引くおをひくto leave a trail; to leave traces
- 尾巻猿おまきざるany monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)
- 尾根筋おねすじridge line; ridge trail
- 尾瀬草おぜそうJaponolirion osense (species of flowering plant)
Other readings
- 尻尾しっぽtail (animal)
- とかげの尻尾切りトカゲのしっぽきりevading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
- トカゲの尻尾切りトカゲのしっぽきりevading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
- トラの尾を踏むとらのおをふむto play with fire; to do something very dangerous
- 交尾むつるむto copulate (animals); to mate
- 伊吹虎の尾いぶきとらのおcommon bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
- 伊吹虎尾いぶきとらのおcommon bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
- 兎児尾苗るりとらのおbeach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
- 垂り尾しだりおdrooping tail
- 孳尾むつるむto copulate (animals); to mate
- 尻尾をつかむしっぽをつかむto have something on someone; to catch someone out
- 尻尾を出すしっぽをだすto show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults
- 尻尾を巻くしっぽをまくto tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat
- 尻尾を振るしっぽをふるto wag one's tail
- 尻尾を掴むしっぽをつかむto have something on someone; to catch someone out
- 尾けるつけるto hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone
- 尾去沢石おさりざわせきosarizawaite
- 尾太袋鼯鼠おぶとふくろももんがsquirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
- 尾張おわりOwari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
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