てさき – Vocabulary details

てさき

Noun

1. fingers; fingertips

だが手て先さきが震ふるえてうまく動うごかない。But my fingers are trembling and won't move well.

2. underling; stooge; tool; pawn; minion

彼かれはもう悪あく魔まの手て先さきにしか見みえないかもな。By now he might look like nothing but the devil's minion.

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)

the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs

先せん輩ぱいも、あいつのてさきだったのか！

So even my senior was one of that guy's pawns?!

てさきが器き用ようだったのが幸さいわい。

It was fortunate that I was dexterous with my hands.

だがてさきが震ふるえてうまく動うごかない。

But my fingers are trembling and won't move well.

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