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- [糸口] *clue【C】〔難問・調査・研究などの〕手がかり〔to〕, (思索の)糸;(パズルの)かぎ∥ get [find] a clue to ... …の糸口を見つける**lead/líːd/ 【C】《略式》〔…の/…への〕手がかり, きっかけ〔in, for/to〕**beginning【C】始め, 最初;起こり.▲break the ice (困難[危険]なことの)糸口を見つける.糸口
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clue* * *いとぐち【糸口】*clue〖C〗〔難問・調査・研究などの〕手がかり〔to〕, (思索の)糸;(パズルの)かぎget [find] a clue to... …の糸口を見つける
**lead/líːd/ 〖C〗《略式》〔…の/…への〕手がかり, きっかけ〔in, for/to〕**beginning〖C〗始め, 最初; 起こり.▲break the ice (困難[危険]なことの)糸口を見つける.
* * *いとぐち【糸口】1 〔糸の端〕 the end of a thread.2 〔手がかり〕 a clue. [⇒てがかり]●解決の糸口 the key to [the first step toward] a solution.
●その秘密は探索の糸口がない. The mystery has no clue to it.
・彼に米国留学をあきらめさせようとしたのだが, 話の糸口が見つからなかった. I thought of dissuading him from (the idea of) studying in America, but I didn't know how to bring up [broach, introduce] the subject.
●その事件の真相は複雑で, まだ解明の糸口を見出すに至っていない. The truth of the matter is complicated, and as yet no clue to uncovering it has been found.
・ねばり強い交渉の結果, 外務大臣は米国との合意への糸口をようやくつかんだ. After dogged [stubborn] negotiations, the foreign minister is on the threshold of obtaining [reaching] an agreement with America.
・糸口を探る search for a clue
・糸口を見失う lose sight of a clue
・彼女は無口だから話の糸口を見つけるのが大変だ. She keeps to herself, so finding how to start a conversation with her isn't easy.
3 〔始まり〕 a beginning; a start.●リンネの業績が分類学発展の糸口となった. Linnaeus's work paved the way for further progress in (the field of) taxonomy.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.