端

Meaning

端 centers on the idea of a boundary or extremity: the edge of something, a starting point or origin, an end, or a projecting point like a cape. It captures both the physical verge and the conceptual limit.

• 端末たんまつ
  N1

  terminal; computer terminal

• 端はし
  N2

  end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin

• 半端はんぱ
  N1

  remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

• 極端きょくたん
  N1

  extreme; extremity

• 途端とたん
  N3

  just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

• 先端せんたん
  N2

  pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)

• 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ
  N2

  halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked; half-cocked; half-hearted; half-arsed; half-assed

• 最先端さいせんたん
  N1

  cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; state of the art

• 異端いたん
  N1

  heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

• 端子たんし

  terminal

• 発端ほったん
  N1

  origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

• 末端まったん
  N1

  end; tip; extremities; terminal

• 道端みちばた
  N1

  roadside; wayside

• 片っ端かたっぱし

  one edge; one end; one side

• 一端いったん

  one end; an end

• 端っこはしっこ

  end; edge; tip

• 端的たんてき
  N1

  frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

• 両端りょうたん
  N1

  both ends; either end; both edges

• 川端かわばた

  riverside; riverbank

• 万端ばんたん

  all; everything

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