いっぱし

¶→いっぱしの口をきく

一端
like other people

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いっぱし

¶ → いっぱしの口をきく

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いっぱし

⇒ひとなみ², いちにんまえ 2.

●いっぱしの competent enough; passable; decent

・おまえ, いっぱしの口をきくじゃないか. Listen to you―going on just as though you knew what you were talking about.

・彼はいっぱしの専門家気取りだ. He carries on [puts on airs] just as though he were a full-fledged specialist.

・これで自分もいっぱしの人間になれた気がする. This makes me feel as though I've finally qualified for the human race.

・あの子もいっぱしの商売人になったなあ. That youngster has become a full-fledged businessman, hasn't he!

●あいつもいっぱし役に立つじゃないか. Say what you like about him, but he's got his uses, right?