最先端 (さいせんたん) — cutting-edge, state-of-the-art
最先端
cutting-edge
Frequency #5441
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings.
no-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-no, n)
saisentan
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
さいせんたん[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- cutting-edge
- state-of-the-art