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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
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あなたの言っていることは本末転倒だと思わないかい？
Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?
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end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
Examples
１９世紀末になって初めて植物の品種改良は科学の一分野となった。
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
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end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
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lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour
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新しく来た人は末席についた。
The newcomer sat down at the foot of the table.
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lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
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outskirts (of a town); run-down district
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私は場末のジャズクラブに行って、ライブミュージックを楽しみます。
I like to go to a local jazz club where I can enjoy live music.
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the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
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end of this month
Examples
今月末に僕の家にきなさい。
Come to my house at the end of this month.
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end of a book
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その巻末には修辞学と論理学の技法についての２編の短い大要があり、後者はソクラテス式論争方の見本で結ばれていた。
The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.
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youngest brother
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末弟は悪くないかもしれない、けれど私も悪くない。
It mightn't have been my youngest brother's fault, but it wasn't mine either.
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last disciple
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end of term; end of semester
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学期末テストが近づいている。
The final exams are approaching.
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end of school year
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学生は学年末にレポートを提出することになっている。
Students are supposed to turn in reports at the end of the school year.
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degenerate age; corrupt world
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Buddhism
age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
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end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
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自動車の売れ行きは年度末に後退しました。
Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.