端緒

端緒
たんちょ
たんしょ
a clue
start
beginning
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たんちょ【端緒】
( ⇒ いとぐち )
**beginning
〖C〗初め; (物・事を)引き起こすもの
**start
〖C〗〔活動・発展などの〕始まり〔ofon
*clue
〖C〗〔調査・研究などの〕手がかり, 糸口〔to〕.
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たんしょ【端緒】
〔発端〕 a beginning; a start; 〔第一歩〕 the first step; an initial phase; 〔手掛かり〕 a clue 《to…》.

●問題解決の端緒 the first step toward the solution of a problem; a clue to [for solving] a problem.

●まだ問題解決の端緒が見出せない. No clue has yet been found to [for solving] the problem.

●その計画は端緒についたばかりだ. The project has only just begun [been instigated, been embarked upon].

端緒を得る[つかむ] find [pick up] a clue 《to [for]…》; discover a key 《to…》

・犯人探索の端緒を得る gain a clue to a criminal's whereabouts

・端緒を開く begin; make a beginning; start; commence; initiate; originate; open [pave] the way for…

・古代文芸の復興は 13 世紀においてすでに端緒を開いていた. The Renaissance of classical literature was already afoot in the thirteenth century.

・…に端緒を発する have 《its》 origin in…; originate from… [in…, with…]; stem from…; date from…. [=端を発する ⇒たん7]

●…の端緒となる be the origin of…; herald the beginning of…; preface

・その事件が第一次大戦の端緒となった. The incident prefaced [heralded the start of] World War I.

・これが犯人逮捕の端緒となった. This led (up) to the arrest of the culprit.

・この紛争の端緒は数年前[1920 年]にさかのぼる. The dispute dates back [can trace back its origins] a few years [to 1920].

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Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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