端（はし）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: edge / end
Example sentences
- 道の端を歩く。 — I walk along the edge of the road.
- 紙の端が少し破れている。 — The edge of the paper is slightly torn.
Idioms & proverbs containing “端”
- 中途半端 (ちゅうとはんぱ) — halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed
- 多事多端 (たじたたん) — eventfulness; pressure of business
- 容姿端麗 (ようしたんれい) — attractive face and figure
- 諸事万端 (しょじばんたん) — everything; all things
- 異端邪説 (いたんじゃせつ) — heretical doctrine (thought, faith)
- 万事万端 (ばんじばんたん) — everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
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See it used in real works
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