7 strokes

first time, beginning

Kunはじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.め
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Radicals

Common words

  • 最初さいしょ
    beginning, outset, first, onset
  • 初めてはじめて
    for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
  • 初日しょにち
    first day, opening day
  • 初めぞめ
    first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
  • 初日はつひ
    New Year's Day sunrise
  • 当初とうしょ
    beginning, start, outset, at first, at the beginning, initially, originally
  • 初耳はつみみ
    something heard for the first time, hearing something for the first time
  • 初期しょき
    early days, early years, early stages, initial stages, beginning
  • 初対面しょたいめん
    first meeting, first interview with
  • 初春しょしゅん
    early spring, beginning of spring, first month of the lunar calendar
  • 初春はつはる
    early spring, beginning of spring, New Year
  • 初恋はつこい
    first love, puppy love
  • 初心者しょしんしゃ
    beginner
  • 初夏しょか
    early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 初任給しょにんきゅう
    initial salary
  • 初心しょしん
    original intention, initial resolution
  • 初歩しょほ
    basics, rudiments, elements, ABCs of ...
  • 初級しょきゅう
    elementary level, beginner level
  • 初雪はつゆき
    first snow (of the season), first snowfall
  • 初夢はつゆめ
    first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck), dream on the night of setsubun