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先せん端たん

N2
せんたん sentan
  1. pointed end
  2. tip
  3. fine point
noun

Chinese meanings

尖端;最前沿

Chinese notes

先端可指物体尖端,也可指技术等领域的最前沿。

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょは先せん端たんを行おこなっています。
    She is on the cutting edge.
    她走在最前沿。
  • 水すい面めんに現あらわれてるのは氷ひょう山ざんの先せん端たんにすぎない。
    What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.
    露出水面的不过是冰山一角。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7864bfeb34'); // 先端
{
  "id": "7864bfeb34",
  "word": "先端",
  "reading": "せんたん",
  "romaji": "sentan",
  "meanings": [
    "pointed end",
    "tip",
    "fine point"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1388110,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女は先端を行っています。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{先端|せんたん}を{行|おこな}っています。",
      "en": "She is on the cutting edge.",
      "tatoeba_id": 88234
    },
    {
      "ja": "水面に現れてるのは氷山の先端にすぎない。",
      "furigana": "{水面|すいめん}に{現|あらわ}れてるのは{氷山|ひょうざん}の{先端|せんたん}にすぎない。",
      "en": "What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.",
      "tatoeba_id": 143623
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5e1c16ab3eac62c22ac57a0db267aae2ceff797ceb15f0be5bd656600260eef6",
    "meanings": [
      "尖端",
      "最前沿"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女は先端を行っています。",
        "zh": "她走在最前沿。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "水面に現れてるのは氷山の先端にすぎない。",
        "zh": "露出水面的不过是冰山一角。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/7864bfeb34",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1388110; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "先端可指物体尖端,也可指技术等领域的最前沿。",
    "review_hash": "ed3e981c8d9a72cb7419015d9194e2ecb6489596a5468339d629d351738a2c8f"
  }
}