末尾

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 末尾 is read as まつび and is a noun for the end or final part of an ordered item such as a document or number.
• Basic usage: Attaching material at a report's end appears in 報告書の末尾に付ける, while matching number endings appears in 番号の末尾が同じ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Final part of a sequence
  • It can denote the last position in a document or the final digits or characters of a number or string.
• Difference from 最後
  • 最後 broadly means the last point in an event, order, or period, while 末尾 focuses on the terminal part of something continuous such as text or a number.