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
初鶏
はつとり はとり
- first cockcrowing of the year n
初鴬
はつうぐいす
- first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring) n
初烏
はつがらす
- crow cawing on New Year's Day n
初鳩
はつばと
- pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers) n
当初予算
とうしょよさん
- initial budget; original budget n