矢や先さき

noun

target of an arrow; brunt of an attack

Extended from the literal arrowhead to the direction or target of an arrow, and figuratively to the brunt of criticism or attack. Often used in set phrases like 矢先に立つ (to bear the brunt).

• 彼かれは非ひ難なんの矢や先さきに立たたされた。

  He was made to bear the brunt of the criticism.

noun

the very moment; just when

Used in the pattern 〜した矢先に to mean 'just when one did something, (something else happened)'. Emphasizes the immediacy and unexpectedness of the second event.

See also: 矢先に

• 出でかけようとした矢や先さきに、電でん話わが鳴なった。

  Just as I was about to leave, the phone rang.

• 問もん題だいが解かい決けつした矢や先さきに、新あらたなトラブルが発はっ生せいした。

  Just when the problem was solved, a new trouble arose.