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Keyword
first time
  • beginning
Frequency
#152
Strokes
7
Grade
4
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
431
Readings
ショ58%
はつ23%
はじ12%
うい2%
そ2%
ぞ2%
Mnemonic
Dressed in altar clothes, the apprentice lifts the legendary katana from its stand, and the ceremony starts: it's her first time.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
最さい初しょ
beginning; outset; first; onset
No-adjective
初はじめ
beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Noun
初はじめて
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
Adverb
初はつ
first; new
No-adjective
当とう初しょ
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
Noun
初しょ期き
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
Noun
初しょ回かい
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
Noun
初しょ日にち
first day; opening day
Noun
初しょ代だい
first generation; founder
Noun
初しょ戦せん
first match (in a series)
Noun
初はじめまして
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
Expression
初しょ任にん給きゅう
initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary
Noun
初はつ舞ぶ台たい
debut; initial stage appearance
Noun
初しょ演えん
first performance; premiere
Noun
初しょ旬じゅん
first 10 days of the month
Adverb
初はつ恋こい
first love; puppy love
Noun
初はつ場ば所しょ
New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
Noun
初しょ頭とう
beginning (of a century, etc.)
Noun
初しょ球きゅう
pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)
Noun
月つき初はじめ
beginning of the month
Noun
初はじめに
first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning; Introduction; Preface
Expression
日本にほん初はつ
first (of its kind) in Japan
Noun
初はつ売うり
first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
Noun