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初

初 - 1. for the first time; first; initial E.g.: 初演 (first performance), 初出 (first appearance) 2. beginning; the early stage of something E.g.: 初心 (original intention), 当初 (at first) 3. innocent; naive; unsophisticated

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kunyomiKunyomi

はじ.め;はじ.めて;はつ;はつ-;うい-;-そ.める;-ぞ.め

onyomiOnyomi

ショ

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Meaning

  • for the first time; first; initial
    E. beginning; the early stage of something
    E.

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Examples of classification by reading method
Kunyomi
はじ.め
初めて はじめてFor the first time
初めに はじめにFirst
手初めに てはじめにAt first
月初め つきはじめBeginning of month
鍬初め くわはじめNew Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
はじ.めて
初めて はじめてFor the first time
はつ
初に はつにFor the first time
初値 はつねFirst quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
初子 はつねFirst Day of the Rat of the New Year
初巳 はつみFirst Serpent day of the year
初日 はつひNew Year's Day sunrise
うい-
初事 ういごとFor the first time
初参 ういざんMeeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant)
初陣 ういじんFirst campaign
初々しい ういういしいInnocent
初奉公 ういぼうこうFirst apprenticeship
-そ.める
初める そめるTo begin to
為初める しそめるTo begin to do
見初める みそめるTo fall in love at first sight
咲き初める さきそめるTo begin to blossom
恋い初める こいそめるTo begin to love
-ぞ.め
初め ぞめFirst doing of
仕初め しぞめOutset
出初め でぞめDebut
着初め きぞめFirst wearing (of new clothes)
弾き初め ひきぞめInitial playing of an instrument in the New Year
Onyomi
ショ
初句 しょくFirst five syllables (of a tanka)
初夜 しょやFirst night
初度 しょどFirst-time
初座 しょざFirst half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)
初志 しょしOriginal intention
Example
初耳 はつみみ
だ
。
It's the first time I've heard that.
初耳 はつみみ
ですね
。
This is the first time I heard about it.
初 はじ
めまして
。
Nice to meet you.
初診 しょしん
ですか
。
Is this your first visit?
初 はじ
めまして
ケン
。
Nice to meet you, Ken.
初詣 はつもうで
でとは
、
初 はじ
めて
詣 もう
でるという
意味 いみ
です
。
This is called hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine.
初診 しょしん
の
方 ほう
ですか
。
Have you been here before?
初 はじ
めて
作 つく
りました
。
I made it for the first time.
初恋 はつこい
は
片思 かたおも
いでした
My first love was unrequited love.
初 はじ
めての
診察 しんさつ
ですか
。
Is this your first visit here?
初 はじ
めのうちは
難 むずか
しい
。
At first, it is difficult.
初 はじ
めに
、
言葉 ことば
があった
。
In the beginning was the Word.

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