矛先 (ほこさき)point of spear; spearhead; brunt

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Kanji in 矛先

矛盾むじゅんcontradiction; inconsistency
矛ほこlong-handled Chinese spear; lance
前後矛盾ぜんごむじゅんself-contradiction; self-inconsistency
名辞矛盾めいじむじゅんcontradiction in terms
天の瓊矛あまのぬほこAma no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami
形容矛盾けいようむじゅんcontradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)
撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅんself-contradiction
無矛盾性むむじゅんせいconsistency (of an axiomatic system)
先月せんげつlast month
先生せんせいteacher; instructor
先進国せんしんこくadvanced (developed) country; advanced nations
優先ゆうせんpreference; priority
先発せんぱつstarting in advance; starting first
先にさきにpreviously; before
先進せんしんadvanced; developed
先頭せんとうhead; lead

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