開口一番 – vocab dash

開かい口こう一いち番ばん

Meanings

Adverb

1. at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all (Yojijukugo)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

かいこういちばん

Composed of

opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad

Noun

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; …

Noun

Examples2

会かい議ぎの席せきで常じょう務むは、開かい口こう一いち番ばん何なにを言いったと思おもう。大だい規き模ぼなリストラ計けい画かくを発はっ表ぴょうしたんだよな。

Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.

Xbox360については「いいハードです」と開かい口こう一いち番ばん切きり出だした。

On the Xbox 360 the very first thing he said was "good hardware."