一端

Meaning

1. n
   one end; an end
2. n
   part; fragment
3. adj-noadv
   fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

Example sentences

• 彼が亡くなった責任の一端は私に有ります。

  His death was partly my fault.

• 交渉が失敗した責任の一端は君にあると思う。

  I think you're partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.

• 日本では2000年頃からの健康ブームの一端で、「ダンベル体操」という家庭向けのフィットネスも登場した。

  In Japan, due partly to the fitness boom that began from around 2000, 'dumbbell training' also appeared as a way to exercise at home.