► 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:
- 組織の末端まで考えが徹底されていない ⇨ The idea hasn’t been reached the very end of, permeated, the organization
- 彼は端正な顔立ちをしている ⇨ He has a well-proportioned face
- 最先端技術を結集して開発された戦闘機 ⇨ A fighter jet develop with every state-of-the-art technologies put together
- 彼は冷蔵庫にある物を片っ端から食べてしまった ⇨ He ate everything that was in the fridge
- 端的に言ってそれは全て無駄だった ⇨ Put it simply, that was all waste
- 暴動の発端は些細な事だった ⇨ The initial cause of the riot was a trivial incident
- あいつの凄さは半端ない ⇨ His ability is extraordinary
- 彼が上に乗った途端氷がバリッと割れた ⇨ The ice broke when he stepped on it
- 最先端技術 ⇨ The most advanced, state-of-the-art, technology
- 稚内市は日本の最北端に位置している ⇨ The city of Wakkanai is located at the northernmost of Japan
- 最先端技術 ⇨ The state-of-the-art technology
- 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
- 私が手にとった途端それはバラバラになった ⇨ The moment I held it my hand it fell to pieces
- 彼はベンチの端っこに座っていた ⇨ He was sitting at the very end of a bench
- 政治は極端から極端に走る傾向に有る ⇨ Politics tend to go from one extreme to the other