NichiDict

端緒

たんしょ
[tansho]

Meanings

1.Noun

start; beginning; first step; clue

Examples

事件解決の端緒を掴んだ。

We found a clue to solving the case.

この発見が研究の端緒となった。

This discovery became the starting point of the research.

交渉の端緒が開かれた。

A beginning for negotiations was opened.