発ほっ端たんほったんCommon word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounorigin; beginning; startRefers to the very first point or cause from which something arises, often used for events, stories, or problems.事じ件けんの発ほっ端たんは小ちいさな誤ご解かいだった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe origin of the incident was a small misunderstanding.この物もの語がたりの発ほっ端たんを教おしえてください。Break this sentence down in the analyzerPlease tell me how this story began.See all 6 example sentences ›Usage patterns〈事こと〉が発ほっ端たんとなるfor something to become the starting point (of a larger event)その小ちいさな事じ件けんが大おおきな戦せん争そうの発ほっ端たんとなった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThat small incident became the starting point of a major war.〈事こと〉の発ほっ端たんは〈事こと〉にあるthe origin of something lies in something elseこの問もん題だいの発ほっ端たんは些さ細さいな誤ご解かいにある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe origin of this problem lies in a trivial misunderstanding.Expressions事ことの発ほっ端たんorigin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning