両端(りょうたん)

りょうたん
noun
both ends
1. both ends, either end
The two opposite ends of something, whether physical (a rope, bridge, table) or abstract (a spectrum, range).
ロープの両端(りょうたん)を持(も)つ。
Hold both ends of the rope.
テーブルの両端(りょうたん)に花(はな)を飾(かざ)った。
I placed flowers at both ends of the table.
橋(はし)の両端(りょうたん)に警備員(けいびいん)が立(た)っていた。
Security guards were standing at both ends of the bridge.

The two opposite ends of something, whether physical or abstract.

WORD FORMATION:
両(りょう) (both) + 端(たん) (end/edge)

READING:
The standard reading is りょうたん. The reading りょうはし is also heard in casual speech.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 両端(りょうたん)を持(も)つ: to hold both ends
  • 両端(りょうたん)から: from both ends
  • 両端(りょうたん)に: at both ends
  • 両端(りょうたん)を切(き)る: to cut both ends

RELATED:

  • 片端(かたはし): one end
  • 先端(せんたん): tip, cutting edge
  • 端(はし)/端(はた): edge, end

Used for physical objects (ropes, bridges, tables, corridors) and abstractly for extremes of a range or spectrum.

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Added 2026.2.16 10:06 · Revised 2026.3.25 21:24
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