Refers to the very end of a written document, report, paragraph, list, or similar structured content. Often used in formal or business contexts.
A check digit is added to the end of the number.
Please list the references at the end of the report.
この段落の末尾に重要な結論が書かれている。
The important conclusion is written at the end of this paragraph.
I wrote the date at the end of the report.
The calculation truncates the digits after the decimal point.
The end of this file name matches the specified extension.
終わり is the everyday word for the end of a story, period, or event, whereas 末尾 is a more formal term restricted to the physical end of a document or line.
末尾 is a general word for the end of any text or list, whereas 巻末 specifically means the end pages of a book or volume.
末尾 usually refers to the end of a document, list, or text, whereas 最後尾 is used for the tail end of a physical queue or procession.
語尾 is the ending of a single word (e.g. a verb's conjugation ending), while 末尾 is the end of a whole document, list, or line of text.
末尾 means the end of a text, list, or sequence, whereas 尾 refers to a physical tail (of an animal, object, or comet), so despite sharing the kanji 尾 they are not interchangeable.
tail recursion
end of a line
end of a queue; tail of a queue
final digit code
Compound of 末 (matsu, 'end, tip') and 尾 (bi, 'tail'). The combination reinforces the idea of the very last part of something.