初 – vocab dash

初はつ

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Meanings

No-adjective

Noun

Prefix

Suffix

1. first; new

Other readings

初うい

Kanji used

初first time

Pitch accent

はつ

Used in vocabulary

初はつ舞ぶ台たい

debut; initial stage appearance

Noun

初はつ場ば所しょ

New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)

Noun

日本にっぽん初はつ

first (of its kind) in Japan

Noun

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

初はつ挑ちょう戦せん

first challenge; first try

Noun

初はつ顔かお合あわせ

first meeting; first contest between

Noun

初はつ日ひの出で

first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

Expression

初はつ節ぜっ句く

baby's first annual festival

Noun

初はつ乗のり

first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); base fare; minimum fare; starting fare

Noun

業ぎょう界かい初はつ

the industry's first ...

Expression

初はつ体たい験けん

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

Noun

Examples4

彼かれらはエベレストに初はつ登とう頂ちょうした。

They made first ascent of Mount Everest.

ゲアハルト・シュレーダーは第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せんを経けい験けんしていない初はつのドイツ首しゅ相しょうです。

Gerhard Schroeder is the first German chancellor not to have lived through World War II.

初はつの海かい外がいで、一いっ緒しょに旅りょ行こうにいったうちの一人ひとりがスリに遭あってもう大たい変へんだったんだ。だから、あまりいい印いん象しょうが残のこってないのだと思おもう。

A friend I went with on our first trip abroad had his wallet pickpocketed. I don't think it left a very good impression.

翌よく月げつにはＮＨＬ初はつシャットアウトゲームを記き録ろくしＮＨＬスーパーゴーリーとしての才さい能のうを見みせた。

The next month he achieved his first NHL shutout and showed the talent of an NHL super goalie.