尾お

noun

tail of an animal; cauda

Refers to an animal's tail; しっぽ is more everyday and conversational, while 尾 sounds more written, descriptive, or technical. Cauda is the anatomical term.

• 犬いぬが尾おを振ふって近ちかづいてきた。

  The dog came up wagging its tail.

• この魚さかなは尾おが長ながい。

  This fish has a long tail.

noun

tail of an object; tail end

Used by extension for a tail-like part or trailing end of something, such as the tail of a kite or another object.

• 凧たこの尾おが風かぜに揺ゆれている。

  The tail of the kite is swaying in the wind.

noun

tail of a comet

Astronomy use for the visible tail extending from a comet.

• 彗すい星せいの尾おが夜よ空ぞらに長ながく伸のびていた。

  The comet's tail stretched long across the night sky.

noun

slope at the foot of a mountain

Limited topographical use for a lower mountain slope or foothill area; modern general Japanese more often uses words such as 山裾.

• 古ふるい地ち名めいでは、山やますその斜しゃ面めんを「尾お」と呼よぶことがある。

  In old place names, a slope at the foot of a mountain may be called 尾.