末尾|まつびmatsubi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounend (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)

• SynonymむすびNeutralNative-Japanese word for the end of a text or speech; close to 「末尾」 for texts, but 「末尾」 also covers numbers and lines.
• Synonym最後さいごNeutralThe everyday word for 'last' or 'the end', the most common in speech; broader than 「末尾」, which is for the last part of continuous things.
• Synonym末まつNeutralClose to 「末尾」, but also the end of a month or year and the youngest child; 「末尾」 is usual for texts, numbers and lines.
• Synonym結尾けつびWrittenFormal written word for the closing part of something; rarer than 「末尾」 but close to it in meaning.
• Related終結しゅうけつNeutralThe ending of events or wars; stresses a matter being brought to a close, not the last part of a continuous thing as 「末尾」 is.
• RelatedおしまいCasualColloquial word for something being over — also 'you're done for'; about things ending, not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終わりおわりNeutralThe most versatile word for an end or finish; broader than 「末尾」, which is only for the last part of continuous things.
• Related最終さいしゅうNeutral'Last/final' as a modifier, also the last train or bus of the day; not the last part of a continuous thing like 「末尾」.
• Related終局しゅうきょくNeutralThe end of a go or shogi game, or a situation being settled once and for all; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終末しゅうまつNeutralThe end or conclusion of events and works, also the end of the world; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終幕しゅうまくNeutralThe final act of a play or the fall of the curtain, by extension the close of an event; unlike 「末尾」, it is not used for the tail end of a text, number or queue.
• Related末すえNeutralClose to 「末尾」, but also the end of a month or year and the youngest child; 「末尾」 is usual for texts, numbers and lines.
• Related終盤しゅうばんNeutralThe endgame or final stage of a match or undertaking; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related結末けつまつNeutralHow a story or affair turns out — its outcome or ending; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related幕切れまくぎれNeutralThe fall of the curtain — the close of a play or the wrap-up of events; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終点しゅうてんNeutralThe terminus or last stop of a train or bus; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related決着けっちゃくNeutralA matter being settled or a contest decided; about closure, not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終了しゅうりょうNeutralTermination or completion — an event, session or task ending; about the act of ending, not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related閉幕へいまくNeutralThe curtain falling on a play, or an event coming to a close; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related終焉しゅうえんWrittenFormal written word for the end of life — death or demise; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• RelatedエンディングNeutralLoanword for the ending of a work, such as a show's closing scene or credits; unlike 「末尾」, it is not used for the tail end of a text, number or line.
• Related終ついNeutralSame word as the previous entry — 「終」 is just another written form; the broadest term for an end, not limited to continuous things.
• Related終期しゅうきWrittenFormal written word for the final period of something, or a legal expiry date; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Related完かんNeutralThe mark 「完」 ('The End') at the close of a published work; not the last part of a continuous thing.
• Antonym先頭せんとうNeutralAntonym: the very front of a line or group, the opposite of 「末尾」 at the back.
• Antonym冒頭ぼうとうNeutralAntonym: the beginning of a text or talk, the opposite of 「末尾」 at the end.

Use 「末尾」 for the very end of a continuous thing — a text, a string of numbers, a line of people — as in 「文の末尾」 or 「番号の末尾」. In everyday speech 「最後」 and 「終わり」 are the natural choices, and a story's outcome is 「結末」. Most other words here name a specific kind of ending (games, transport, life, etc.) rather than the last part of something. The antonyms are 「冒頭」 (beginning of a text) and 「先頭」 (front of a line).

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1. 文章ぶんしょう、数字すうじ、列れつなど、ひと続つづきになっているものの末すえ。終おわり。最後さいご。