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
初冠
ういこうぶり ういかぶり ういかむり ういかんむり しょかん
- crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony n vs arch
- noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) n
初冠雪
はつかんせつ
- first snow to settle on a mountain n
初日が出る
しょにちがでる
- to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses exp v1 sumo
仕初め
しぞめ
- outset; beginning; starting (things) n
- resuming work after the New Year's vacation n
初当選
はつとうせん
- winning one's first election; being elected for the first time n vs