► 名詞
端 [(2)はし] meaning: edge rank: 1
☆ 机の端から本が落ちた ⇨ A book fell from the edge of a desk
端 [(2)はし] meaning: end rank: 1
☆ 彼は棒の端を掴んだ ⇨ He gripped the end of the stick (☛ The end of a linear object)
端 [(2)はし] meaning: side rank: 1
☆ 彼は車を道の端に停めた ⇨ He parked his car at the side of the road
端 [(1)たん] [端を発する] [liter] meaning: origin rank: 3
☆ 現在のアフリカの戦争の殆どは欧州人の植民地支配に端を発する ⇨ Most of the ongoing wars in Africa have their origins in the colonialism by Europeans (☛ Usually a problem)
端 [(2)はし] meaning: after rank: 4
☆ 彼は嘘はつかないと言った端から嘘をついている ⇨ He lies right after he said he wouldn’t lie
端 [(1)はな] [端から] meaning: start rank: 4
☆ 彼には借りた金を返すつもりなど端から無かった ⇨ From the start he had no intention of paying back the money he borrowed
More examples:
- あいつの実力は半端じゃない ⇨ His ability is extraordinary
- 仕事をやり終えた途端、緊張が切れてどっと疲れが出た ⇨ When I got the work done, the tension broke and I was overcome with fatigue
- 今止めたら中途半端になる ⇨ If we stop now, things will be incomplete, left hanging
- インターネットでは極端な意見に同調する奴等が沢山いる ⇨ On Internet there are many those who jump on the bandwagon of extreme opinions
- 暴動の発端は些細な事だった ⇨ The initial cause of the riot was a trivial incident
- 入手出来る文献を片っ端から読んだが情報は見つからなかった ⇨ I read every single articles available one after another but still couldn’t find the information
- あいつの凄さは半端ない ⇨ His ability is extraordinary
- 電話を切った途端にまた電話が鳴った ⇨ As soon as I hung up the phone it rang again
- 最先端技術 ⇨ The most advanced, state-of-the-art, technology
- 事件の発端は十年前に遡る ⇨ The origin of the incident goes 10 years back
- 誰かが道端にうずくまっている ⇨ Someone is sitting on the roadside
- 半端な気持ちで言っているんじゃない ⇨ I’m not saying this half-heartedly. I’m really serious
- 彼等は新製品に最先端技術を惜しみなく投入した ⇨ They poured the latest technology unsparingly into the new product
- 事の発端は単なる勘違いだった ⇨ The incident started from a simple misunderstanding
- 近年の米国の政治は両極端に分離している ⇨ Recent American politics is divided into two extremes, polar opposites