初
ショ
はじ.め • はじ.めて • はつ • はつ- • うい- • -そ.める • -ぞ.め
first time; beginning
Words
初奉公
ういぼうこう
- first apprenticeship n arch
初給
しょきゅう
- starting salary; initial payment n
初項
しょこう
- first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term n math
初参り
はつまいり
- first shrine visit of the New Year n vs
初参
しょさん ういざん
- being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time n vs
- visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time n vs
- meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master n arch