first time, beginning

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
• 初め【ぞめ】
  first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
• 初日【しょにち】
  first day, opening day
• 初戦【しょせん】
  first match (in a series)
• 初代【しょだい】
  first generation, founder
• 初旬【しょじゅん】
  first 10 days of the month
• 初演【しょえん】
  first performance
• 初球【しょきゅう】
  pitcher's first pitch (to batter)
• 初頭【しょとう】
  beginning (of a century, etc.)
• 初場所【はつばしょ】
  New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
• 初回【しょかい】
  first time, first innings, initial attempt, first, initial
• 初出【しょしゅつ】
  first appearance
• 年初【ねんしょ】
  beginning of the year
• 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
• 初陣【ういじん】
  one's first campaign, one's first battle
• 初版【しょはん】
  first edition
• 初舞台【はつぶたい】
  debut, initial stage appearance
• 初年【しょねん】
  first year, early years (of a reign or era)