矢先

やさき

Meanings

1. Noun arrowhead
2. target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)
3. the very moment (when); the point (of doing) See also: 矢先に (やさきに).

Kanji

• 矢 arrow. Read as や.
• 先 ahead. Read as さき.

Example sentences

• 私が返事をしようとした矢先に、彼が口を出してきた。
  I was about to reply, when he boldly cut in.
• 叔父は新しい冒険的事業を始める矢先だ、と言っている。
  My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
• 父が出かけようとした矢先に電話が鳴った。
  My father was about to leave when the telephone rang.
• 運命の人に会えたとしても，幸せになれるとは限らない。彼なんて結婚して子供は双子が生まれてバラ色の人生かと思った矢先に家族がみんな夜盗に殺された。
  Even if you do meet the one for you, it's not a given that you'll be happy. Take him, for example. He got married and had twins for children, and just as he thought he'd have a rose-colored life, his whole family was killed by a robber at night.

Words containing 矢先

• 矢先に (やさきに) just when (one is about to ...)

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