- I〔先の部分〕the tip;〔鋭い先端〕the point
- 指の先端
- the tip of one's finger/one's fingertip
- 岬の先端
- the point of a promontory
- II〔時代・流行の先頭〕the forefront
先端的 〔超現代的〕ultramodern;〔非常にかっこいい〕ultrafashionable; ultrasmart
- 医学の先端では
- in the forefront of modern medicine/at the frontiers of medical knowledge
- 時代の先端を行く
- be in the van(guard) [forefront] (of the times)
- 彼女は流行の先端を行く
- 〔流行を作り出す〕She sets the fashion./〔流行を追う〕She follows the latest fashions./《米口》 She's a fashion plate.
- 先端技術high-technology
- 先端技術産業
- a high-tech industry
- 先端産業a cutting-edge [leading-edge] industry