木っ端役人

こっぱやくにん

petty (minor) official (derogatory term)

木端

こば こっぱ

wood chip, splinter

木の端

きのはし きのはじ

fragment of wood

木端微塵

こっぱみじん

broken into small fragments, smashed to atoms, fragments and splinters, smithereens

木端天狗

こっぱてんぐ

weak tengu (goblin)

出っ端

でっぱな

projecting part (of a headland, etc.)

下っ端

したっぱ

underling, lower position

初っ端

しょっぱな

the very beginning

切っ端

きっぱし

remains, fragment, remains after having cut something

端っこ

はしっこ はじっこ はじっこ、はしっこ

end, edge, tip

片っ端

かたっぱし

one edge, one end, one side

端端

はしばし

odds and ends, all, every

根っ木

ねっき

children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

切りっ端

きりっぱし きりっはじ

scraps, cut end, cut-off piece

切れっ端

きれっぱし きれっはじ

scraps, cut end, cut-off piece

端

はした はし はじ はな たん つま

edge, tip, end

片っ端から

かたっぱしから

absolutely every little bit, everything from A to Z, systematically, thoroughly, one after another

尻っ端折り

しりっぱしょり

tucking up the hem of one's garments

左端

さたん ひだりはし

left end, left edge