End Of A Line
End Of A Queue
noun
You have 最, which means most, and 後尾, which means something like "back" or "rear" (behind + tail). When you're at the most back part of something, you might find yourself at the end of a line or end of a queue.
最後尾 is often seen on signs at the end of a long line to help people locate where to join the queue.
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. Be careful, because this is 最 + 後尾, and not 最後 + 尾, meaning that 後 is read こう, not ご!
列の最後尾はこちらです。
The end of the line is here.
なんと、昨日通りかかったラーメン屋の行列の最後尾に課長がいたんだよ。
To my surprise, the section chief was at the end of the line at a ramen shop I passed yesterday.
大人気のゲームを発売日に買うために開店前にお店に行ったけど、すでにお店の前から列の最後尾まで200mぐらいあった。
To buy a super popular game on its release day, I went to the store before they opened, but there was already a line out front that stretched about 200 meters to the end.