鼻先

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻	先
はな Grade: 3	さき Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

鼻(はな) (hana, “nose”) + 先(さき) (saki, “tip”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はなさき [hànásákí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠sa̠kʲi]

Noun

鼻(はな)先(さき) • (hanasaki)

tip of the nose
鼻先(はなさき)が冷(つめ)たい。 ― Hanasaki ga tsumetai. ― The tip of my nose is cold.
immediately in front of; right before (someone's) eyes, nose
Synonym: 目(め)の前(まえ) (me no mae)

証拠(しょうこ)を鼻先(はなさき)に突(つ)き出(だ)す
shōko o hanasaki ni tsukidasu
to thrust evidence in front of someone's nose

Derived terms

鼻先(はなさき)で笑(わら)う (hanasaki de warau)
鼻先(はなさき)であしらう (hanasaki de ashirau)
鼻先思案(はなさきしあん) (hanasaki shian)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN