Search Terms: *初
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no-adjective, adverbial noun, noun (temporal)
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beginning, outset, first, onset
noun, no-adjective
1.
beginning, start, outset
adverbial noun
2.
at first, at the beginning, initially, originally
noun
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first calligraphy of the year
Other readings:
書初【かきぞめ】
、書初め【かきぞめ】
noun, no-adjective
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first (of its kind) in Japan
Other readings:
日本初【にっぽんはつ】
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
1.
innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears(usually kana)(esp. 初, 初心)
noun (prefix)
2.
birth-(産, 生)
Other readings:
うぶ《初心》
、うぶ《産》
、うぶ《生》
noun
1.
(for the) first time(polite language)(as お初に)
2.
something used (worn, etc.) for the first time, new item
3.
first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
Other readings:
御初【おはつ】
no-adjective, na-adjective
1.
temporary, transient(usually kana)(苟且・かりそめ is gikun)
2.
trifling, slight, negligent
Other readings:
かりそめ《苟且》
、かりそめ《仮初》[1]
、こうしょ《苟且》
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
suffix
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first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)(after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other readings:
初【ぞめ】