Meanings

arête

backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

brachyurans

tail fin

alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

tail wheel (aircraft)

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.)

tailings dam

tailings

Japonolirion osense (species of flowering plant)

tail covert (of a bird)

gun breech

last player

caudate nucleus

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

Matsuo school of tea ceremony

gas tail (of a comet)

that goes without saying

fish tail

stem (of a note)