Illustration: On a riverside exercise path, a running-club volunteer anchors the end of a long measuring tape directly against a transverse starting stripe. The tape extends away along the empty path, with its marked surface turned down.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

起き点てん

kiten

starting point, origin

Example sentences

  1. これは日本にっぽんの工業こうぎょうの起点きてんといってもよいだろう。

    This can be said to be the origin of Japanese industry.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 京都駅きょうとえきを起点きてんとする均一系統きんいつけいとうを受うけ持もっていた。

    It was in charge of bus operations on uniform fare routes starting at Kyoto Station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 東ひがしは東大路通ひがしおおじどおりとの交差点こうさてん、東山七条ひがしやましちじょうが起点きてん。

    The eastern end is the crossing with Higashioji-dori Street, Higashiyama-shichijo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 起点

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす
  • 点spot; pointOnテンKunつける・つく・たてる

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