端はしから

expression

every last one; from one end to the other

Used when something applies to all items or people in a group, often with exhaustive or sweeping nuance.

• 彼かれは端はしから端はしまで全ぜん部ぶ読よんだ。

  He read every last bit from beginning to end.

• その店みせの商しょう品ひんは端はしから欲ほしくなった。

  I wanted every single item in that store.

expression

as soon as; right after; no sooner than

Follows a verb and indicates that something happens immediately after the action. Often used in the pattern 「Vる＋端から」. Usually written in kana.

• 覚おぼえる端はしから忘わすれてしまう。

  I forget things as soon as I learn them.

• 片かた付づける端はしから子こ供どもが散ちらかす。

  No sooner do I tidy up than the kids mess it up again.