Translation guide
The tail of a cow, used as food. In Japanese, it is commonly referred to in the context of soup or stew.
Referring to oxtail as an ingredient in cooking, especially in soups and stews.
The most common term for oxtail in Japanese, often used in dishes like oxtail soup (テールスープ). It is a loanword from English 'tail'.
The oxtail soup at this restaurant is exquisite.
Explicitly means 'beef tail', used to clarify that it is from a cow. Common in recipes.
Literally 'cow's tail'. Less common in culinary contexts, but may appear in traditional or descriptive writing.
Oxtail is rich in collagen.
牛テールを煮込んでスープを作ります。
I simmer beef tail to make soup.