初

first time, beginning

Readings

ショ

-そ.める-ぞ.めうい-はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-

しはっ

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Grade:4

Strokes:7

JLPT:N3

Frequency:152

Word	Reading	Meaning
最初	サイショ	beginning; outset; first; onset
初演	ショエン	first performance; premiere
初夏	ショカ	early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
初回	ショカイ	first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
初期	ショキ	early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

Word	Reading	Meaning
月初め	つきはじめ	beginning of the month
初めに	はじめに	first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning; Introduction; Preface
初	はつ	first; new
初	うい	first; new
初め	はじめ	beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...