Illustration: In the tiled entrance of a Japanese apartment, a child holds a closed wet umbrella carefully above a shallow drip tray. The long shaft ends in a clearly visible pointed ferrule, and one large raindrop clings to its very last point.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

先せん端たん

sentan

tip, pointed end

Example sentences

  1. 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。

    What you see above the water is just the tip of the iceberg.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 表面ひょうめんに現あらわれているのは氷山ひょうざんの先端せんたんに過すぎない。

    Only the tip of an iceberg shows above the water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. リトマス紙しで溶液ようえきの液性えきせい（酸性さんせい、中性ちゅうせい、塩基性えんきせい）を調しらべるときは、リトマス紙しをすべて溶液ようえきに浸ひたすのではなく、紙かみの先端せんたんの部分ぶぶんだけを浸ひたします。

    When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don’t soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 先端

  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず
  • 端edge; originOnタンKunはし・は・はた

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