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末 (うら, ura) Japanese meaning: tip | Kotomora
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Related words 先端 is the modern standard word for the tip or pointed end of something, while 末 (うら) is an archaic term no longer used in everyday Japanese.
先 is the common, everyday word for the tip, end, or point ahead, whereas 末 (うら) is an obsolete literary term with the same basic meaning.
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In old language, the tip of a tree was called 'ura'.
元 refers to the base or root of something, the opposite end from the tip described by 末 (うら).
Word family end leaves; top leaves; last leaves
treetop
top knock of a bow
withering of twigs and branch tips
late-season fruit; stunted fruit from the vine tip · weak-looking man; pale-faced man
wither at the tips; die back (of foliage)
Etymology The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 末 is conventionally associated with 'end' or 'tip', but the reading うら is archaic and its origin is unclear.
