Illustration: Inside a Japanese railway hobby club, a member lifts just one corner of a protective cloth covering an enormous model railway. The opening reveals a beautifully detailed station platform, a tiny train, and tracks continuing beneath the still-covered landscape.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ端たん

ittan

part, share

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれが亡なくなった責任せきにんの一端いったんは私わたしに有あります。

    His death was partly my fault.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 交渉こうしょうが失敗しっぱいした責任せきにんの一端いったんは君きみにあると思おもう。

    I think you’re partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ごめんなさい。 私わたしにも責任せきにんの一端いったんがあります。

    I’m sorry. I’m partly responsible for it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一端

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 端edge; originOnタンKunはし・は・はた

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