One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
物事を中途半端に知っているより、全く知らない方がましだ。
I only ride a bicycle at odd times.
半端な時間に自転車に乗るだけだ。
Only the tip of an iceberg shows above the water.
表面に現れているのは氷山の先端に過ぎない。
Please join the two ends of the tape together.
テープの両端をつないで下さい。
Japanese cameras, cars, and hi-fi equipment are used widely abroad, and few modern industries can manage without advanced electronic equipment developed in Japan.
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Who's the person sitting at the other end of the table?
テーブルの向こうの端に座っているのは誰ですか。
I pulled my car to the left side of the road.
道の左端に車を止めた。
Who is sitting at the other end of the table?
テーブルの向こうの端に座っているのは誰ですか。
He was standing at the side of the road.
彼は道端に立っていた。
As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.
課長が我々に対して、あれこれとうるさく言うのを止めた途端に、何もかもがスムーズに行き始めた。
I met him at the end of the platform.
私はプラットホームの端で彼にあった。
He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation, but always goes to extremes.
彼は何事も程々という事を知らず、いつも極端に走ってしまう。
The bathroom is at the end of the hall.
バスルームはホールの端にあります。
The beginning of the trouble was his careless remark.
事の発端は彼の不注意な発言だった。
Fire cannot be prevented by half measures.
火事は中途半端なやり方では防げない。
To make a long story short, he was fired.
端的に言って、彼は首になったのだ。
His way of thinking is a bit extreme.
彼の考え方は少し極端だ。
The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
その町は日本の最北端に位置する。
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.
As soon as she heard the news, she burst into tears.
その知らせを聞いた途端、彼女はわっと泣き出した。
I had hardly got into the bath when the phone rang.
私が風呂に入った途端に電話がなった。
Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.
Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.
昨日の大雪のせいで地面はツルツル、私は外に出た途端にすってんころりと尻もちをついた。
This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
この辞書には序文はあるが端書きがない。
By chance, I met her in the street.
偶然、私は道端で彼女に会った。
The girl made a doll out of a piece of cloth.
少女は生地の切れ端で人形を作った。
There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
バドミントン部はまともな部員が極端に少ないため、ほとんど廃部ないし休部状態だった。
Even though I decided to hang the laundry outside because the sun was shining, just as I was hanging them, it started to rain.
日が照っていたから外に洗濯物を干したのに、干した途端に雨が降ってくるってどういうこと！？
You shouldn't do things by halves.
君は物事を中途半端にしてはいけないよ。
Doing something only half-heartedly is the worst thing you can do.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
I think you're partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.
交渉が失敗した責任の一端は君にあると思う。
Don't do anything halfway.
何事も中途半端にするな。
I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.
机の端にヒジ先をぶつけちゃった。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
