端つま

noun

edge; tip; end

Refers to the physical extremity of something, such as the tip of a finger, the edge of a table, or the end of a stick.

• 指ゆびの端つまでそっと触ふれた。

  I touched it gently with the tip of my finger.

• 机つくえの端つまに本ほんを置おいた。

  I placed the book on the edge of the desk.

noun

gable wall

Only when written 妻

Architectural term for the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof; often used in compound 妻壁.

See also: 妻壁

• 妻つま壁かべには小ちいさな窓まどが一ひとつある。

  There is a small window in the gable wall.

noun

gable

Only when written 妻

Architectural term for the entire gable end of a building; see also 切妻 (kirizuma).

See also: 切妻

• この家いえは切きり妻づまの形かたちをしている。

  This house has a gable shape.