指先 Fingertip

Meaning

Primary

Fingertip

Alternative

Tip Of The Toe

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

You know 指 means finger, and 先 (as a vocab word) means "tip." Well, put the two together and you get fingertip. Pretty self-explanatory, right?

Reading

ゆびさき

Explanation

This word may look like it uses the on'yomi readings from the kanji, but it's actually all kun'yomi. Think of it as a combination of the vocab words 指 and 先, and you should be able to figure out the reading with no problem: ゆびさき.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 指先に〜

  指先に付ける

  to put something on one's fingertips

  指先に感じる

  to feel something at one's fingertips

  指先に伝わる

  to be transmitted to one's fingertips

• 指先を〜

  指先を使う

  to use one's fingertips

  指先を向ける

  to point one's fingertips towards something

  指先を見る

  to look at one's fingertips

• 指先が〜

  指先がきれい

  to have pretty fingertips

  指先が白い

  one's fingertips are white

  指先がしびれる

  one's fingertips go numb, to have tingling fingertips

• 指先で〜

  指先でなぞる

  to trace with one's fingertips

  指先でふれる

  to touch with one's fingertips

  指先でおさえる

  to hold down with one's fingertips

Context Sentences

マリアって、左の小指の指先のホクロがセクシーだよね？

Don't you think Maria has such a sexy mole on the tip of her left pinky?

コウイチは、考え事をしている時、サッカーボールを指先でクルクルと回すクセがあります。

Koichi is in the habit of spinning a soccer ball on his fingertip while he's thinking.

指先が赤くなってるね。

Your fingertips are red.

Kanji Composition

1. 指

   し Finger
2. 先

   せん Previous