Japanese Words Containing 初

Word	Reading	Definition	JLPT
最初	さいしょ	beginning; outset; first; onset	n4
初めて	はじめて	for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...	n5
初出	しょしゅつ	first appearance
初め	はじめ	beginning; start; outset; opening	n5
初心者	しょしんしゃ	beginner	n2
初	はつ	first; new	n1
初期	しょき	early days; early years; early stages; initial stages	n2
当初	とうしょ	beginning; start; outset; at first	n2
初夏	しょか	early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar	n2
初代	しょだい	first generation; founder
初める	そめる	to begin to	n2
初回	しょかい	first time; first innings; initial attempt; first
初恋	はつこい	first love; puppy love	n1
初対面	しょたいめん	first meeting; first interview with	n2
初心者向け	しょしんしゃむけ	beginner-friendly; (intended) for beginners; aimed at beginners
初頭	しょとう	beginning (of a century, etc.)	n1
初年	しょねん	first year; early years (of a reign or era)
初孫	ういまご	first grandchild
初耳	はつみみ	something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
初冬	しょとう	early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar	n1
初日	しょにち	first day; opening day	n1
初版	しょはん	first edition
初秋	しょしゅう	early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar	n2
初めとする	はじめとする	commencing with; including
初犯	しょはん	first offence; first offense; first offender; first-time offender
初めに	はじめに	first; firstly; first of all; to begin with
初心	しょしん	one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety
初旬	しょじゅん	first 10 days of the month
初歩	しょほ	basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...	n2
初々しい	ういういしい	(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh
初春	しょしゅん	early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
初節句	はつぜっく	baby's first annual festival
初段	しょだん	first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
初級	しょきゅう	elementary level; beginner level	n3
初詣	はつもうで	first shrine visit of the New Year
日本初	にほんはつ	first (of its kind) in Japan
初音	はつね	first warbling heard in a New Year
世界初	せかいはつ	world's first; first in the world
初手	しょて	first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
初演	しょえん	first performance; premiere
史上初	しじょうはつ	first in history
初産	ういざん	first childbirth
初老	しょろう	past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
初等	しょとう	elementary; primary	n1
初雪	はつゆき	first snow (of the season); first snowfall
お初	おはつ	(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
初陣	ういじん	one's first campaign; one's first battle
初夜	しょや	bridal night; first night; first watch of the night
初物	はつもの	first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
初穂	はつほ	first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
初穗	はつほ	first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
初婚	しょこん	first marriage
初会	しょかい	meeting for the first time; first meeting
初見	しょけん	seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
初度	しょど	first-time; initial
初穂料	はつほりょう	ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
初盆	はつぼん	first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
太初	たいしょ	beginning of the world	n2
初土俵	はつどひょう	first tournament for a wrestler
初期費用	しょきひよう	initial costs; up-front costs; front-end costs; start-up costs
初学	しょがく	learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
初公開	はつこうかい	debut; opening; first public exhibition
見初める	みそめる	to fall in love at first sight; to see for the first time; to meet for the first time; to have sexual relations for the first time
初午	はつうま	first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
初声	はつこえ	first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season
初診	しょしん	initial medical examination; first visit (to a doctor, clinic, hospital, etc.)
仮初	かりそめ	temporary; transient; transitory; fleeting
初更	しょこう	first watch of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
初登場	はつとうじょう	debut; first appearance
初刊	しょかん	first publication
初出場	はつしゅつじょう	debut; first appearance
初子	ういご	first child
初学者	しょがくしゃ	beginning student; beginner
初号	しょごう	first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
初鰹	はつがつお	the first bonito of the season
初期段階	しょきだんかい	initial stage
最初期	さいしょき	earliest stage; very beginning; earliest phase; earliest days
初期症状	しょきしょうじょう	early symptom
初めから	はじめから	from the beginning
初茸	ハツタケ	red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake); hatsutake mushroom
初志	しょし	one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim
書き初め	かきぞめ	first calligraphy of the year
初戦	しょせん	first match (in a series)
初音ミク	はつねミク	Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid software)
初夢	はつゆめ	first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); dream on the night of setsubun
初動	しょどう	initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor	n2
初年度	しょねんど	first year; initial (year)
初月	しょげつ	first month of the lunar calendar; first month; first moon of the month; new moon
初速	しょそく	initial velocity
初優勝	はつゆうしょう	first championship win (esp. sumo)
初級者	しょきゅうしゃ	beginner; novice; neophyte
初舞台	はつぶたい	debut; initial stage appearance
初値	はつね	first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year; initial share price during a public offering
初発	しょはつ	start; first departure
書初め	かきぞめ	first calligraphy of the year
初句	しょく	first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)	n2
初日の出	はつひので	first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
初乳	しょにゅう	colostrum; foremilk; first milk
初挑戦	はつちょうせん	first challenge; first try
原初	げんしょ	origin; source; beginning; starting point	n1
初当選	はつとうせん	winning one's first election; being elected for the first time
初産婦	しょさんぷ	primipara; woman giving birth for the first time
年初	ねんしょ	beginning of the year
初歩的	しょほてき	elementary; basic; rudimentary
端初	たんしょ	start; beginning; first step; clue	n2
初期投資	しょきとうし	initial investment
初期設定	しょきせってい	default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization
初期値	しょきち	initial value; initial condition; IV; initializing value
初動対応	しょどうたいおう	initial response
お食い初め	おくいぞめ	okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
初会合	はつかいごう	first meeting
初任	しょにん	first appointment (to a post)
初生	しょせい	firstborn; first-produced; newborn
初稿	しょこう	first draft; first proof
初任給	しょにんきゅう	initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary
初編	しょへん	volume one; first volume
初一念	しょいちねん	original intention
初等科	しょとうか	elementary course
初荷	はつに	first cargo of the year
出初め	でぞめ	debut
初等教育	しょとうきょういく	elementary education; primary education
馴れ初め	なれそめ	start of a romance; beginning of love
本初子午線	ほんしょしごせん	prime meridian
初めまして	はじめまして	nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?	n5
初体験	はつたいけん	first experience (of something); first sexual experience
初制覇	はつせいは	first victory
初投稿	はつとうこう	first (written) contribution; first post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
仮初め	かりそめ	temporary; transient; transitory; fleeting
初中級	しょちゅうきゅう	beginning and intermediate
初飛行	はつひこう	maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
初冠	ういこうぶり	crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
初役	はつやく	first role
初生児	しょせいじ	newborn baby
初めのうち	はじめのうち	at first; initially; in the beginning
初期化	しょきか	initialization (of a variable); initialisation; formatting (a disk); initialization
初診料	しょしんりょう	fee for an initial medical examination
原初的	げんしょてき	early; primitive; primordial
初乗り	はつのり	first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); base fare; minimum fare
初期状態	しょきじょうたい	initial state; initial condition
初経	しょけい	menarche; first menstruation
人生初	じんせいはつ	(for the) first time in one's life
初売り	はつうり	first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
初等部	しょとうぶ	elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
初空	はつそら	sky on New Year's morning
初花	はつはな	first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
初釜	はつがま	first tea ceremony of New Year
初に	はつに	for the first time
初七日	しょなのか	memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
初場所	はつばしょ	New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
業界初	ぎょうかいはつ	the industry's first ...
初期不良	しょきふりょう	initial defect
初等数学	しょとうすうがく	elementary mathematics
食い初め	くいぞめ	okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
初給	しょきゅう	starting salary; initial payment	n3
初氷	はつごおり	first ice of winter
初潮	しょちょう	menarche; first menstruation
着初め	きぞめ	first wearing (of new clothes)
初頭効果	しょとうこうか	primacy effect
初湯	はつゆ	first bath of the year; first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)
月初	つきはじめ	beginning of the month
初初しい	ういういしい	(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh
初志貫徹	しょしかんてつ	carrying out one's original intention
初っ端	しょっぱな	(very) beginning; start
初公判	はつこうはん	first trial; first hearing
初年兵	しょねんへい	new or raw recruit
初時雨	はつしぐれ	the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter
初版本	しょはんぼん	first edition (book)
渡り初め	わたりぞめ	bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge
本初	ほんしょ	beginning; origin; start	n1
初世	しょせい	first generation; founder
初口	しょくち	beginning
初座	しょざ	first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)
初霜	はつしも	first frost of the year
初参り	はつまいり	first shrine visit of the New Year
初学び	ういまなび	learning something new; studying for the first time
初誕生	はつたんじょう	first birthday
初っ切り	しょっきり	comic sumo performance
初動対処	しょどうたいしょ	initial response
初顔合わせ	はつかおあわせ	first meeting; first contest between
初列	しょれつ	primary (feathers); primaries; first row; first rank
初刷	しょずり	first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
初桜	はつざくら	first cherry blossom of the year
初櫻	はつざくら	first cherry blossom of the year
初祖	しょそ	the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
初生り	はつなり	first fruits
初紅葉	はつもみじ	first maple leaves to turn red in the season
初霜月	はつしもづき	tenth lunar month
初電	しょでん	first train (of the day); first telegram (about a particular topic)
初風	はつかぜ	first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn)
書初	かきぞめ	first calligraphy of the year
期初	きしょ	start of a period (esp. financial); beginning of a term
初仕事	はつしごと	first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
初期点	しょきてん	initial point
初笑い	はつわらい	first laugh of the year
初鳴き	はつなき	first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species
夏初月	なつはづき	4th month of the lunar calendar
月初め	つきはじめ	beginning of the month
初ガツオ	はつがつお	the first bonito of the season
弾き初め	ひきぞめ	initial playing of an instrument in the New Year
当初予算	とうしょよさん	initial budget; original budget
初まり	はじまり	origin; beginning; start	n2
初便	しょびん	first flight; maiden voyage; first letter; first correspondence
初参	しょさん	being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time; visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time
初姿	はつすがた	first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year
初審	しょしん	first trial
初巳	はつみ	first Serpent day of the year
初旅	はつたび	first trip of the year
御初	おはつ	(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
出初式	でぞめしき	New Year firefighters' event
初便り	はつだより	first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence
初刷り	しょずり	first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
初松魚	はつがつお	the first bonito of the season
初滑り	はつすべり	first ski of the season; first ski run
初犯者	しょはんしゃ	first offender; first-time offender
初競り	はつせり	first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
初節供	はつぜっく	baby's first annual festival
初買い	はつがい	going shopping on January 2
本邦初	ほんぽうはつ	first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan
初っぱな	しょっぱな	(very) beginning; start
初もうで	はつもうで	first shrine visit of the New Year
初エッチ	はつエッチ	losing one's virginity; first-time sex
初動捜査	しょどうそうさ	initial investigation (by police)
手初めに	てはじめに	at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
掃き初め	はきぞめ	first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2); first sweeping
年初来高値	ねんしょらいたかね	yearly high (stocks)
初球	しょきゅう	pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)	n3
明初	めいしょ	first year of Meiji era	n2
初葉	しょよう	beginning of an epoch; initial period	n1
仕初	しぞめ	outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
初い	うぶい	innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated
初事	ういごと	for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time; first menstruation
初凪	はつなぎ	first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day
初品	しょひん	initial parts; first article; first off-tool parts (from a manufacturing process)
初報	しょほう	first report; initial report; first news
初嵐	はつあらし	first strong wind of autumn
初市	はついち	first market of the year
初摺	しょずり	first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
初撃	しょげき	first attack; first strike; first blow
初校	しょこう	first proof; first-proof sheets
初漁	はつりょう	first fish of the year
初烏	はつがらす	crow cawing on New Year's Day
初篇	しょへん	volume one; first volume
初菊	はつぎく	first chrysanthemum of the year
初蝉	はつぜみ	first sound of cicadas of the year
初表	しょおもて	first page of a renga or renku
初袷	はつあわせ	the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono
初訳	しょやく	first translation
初語	しょご	first word (of an infant)
初項	しょこう	first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term
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)
初鳴	はつなき	first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species
初鴉	はつがらす	crow cawing on New Year's Day
初鴬	はつうぐいす	first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
初鶏	はつとり	first cockcrowing of the year
初鶯	はつうぐいす	first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
初鼓	はつづつみ	traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima
為初	しぞめ	outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
黒初	クロハツ	blackening brittlegill (Russula nigricans)
今年初	ことしはつ	(for the) first time this year
仕初め	しぞめ	outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
初せり	はつせり	first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
初なり	はつなり	first fruits
初めは	はじめは	at first; in the beginning; originally
初キス	はつキス	first kiss
初セリ	はつせり	first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
初冠雪	はつかんせつ	first snow to settle on a mountain
初出品	はつしゅっぴん	selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time
初商い	はつあきない	first sale of the year; first trade of the year
初夜権	しょやけん	right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
初奉公	ういぼうこう	first apprenticeship
初富士	はつふじ	gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day
初心い	うぶい	innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated
初摺り	しょずり	first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
初景色	はつげしき	scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year
初朔日	はつついたち	first day of the second month
初東風	はつこち	first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring
初生値	しょせいち	initial ratio
初等生	しょとうせい	elementary school student; primary school student
初航海	はつこうかい	maiden voyage
初花染	はつはなぞめ	dying with the first safflower of the year
初若菜	はつわかな	first young greens of the year
初詣で	はつもうで	first shrine visit of the New Year
初風呂	はつぶろ	first bath of the year
初鳴日	しょめいび	first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp
姫初め	ひめはじめ	eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
為初め	しぞめ	outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
箸初め	はしぞめ	weaning ceremony
鍬初め	くわはじめ	New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
食初め	くいぞめ	okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
なれ初め	なれそめ	start of a romance; beginning of love
一等最初	いっとうさいしょ	first off; first thing
仮初にも	かりそめにも	(not even) for a moment; (not) even in the slightest degree; (not) on any account; (not) at all
出初め式	でぞめしき	New Year firefighters' event
初おろし	はつおろし	wearing something for the first time
初すべり	はつすべり	first ski of the season; first ski run
初だし品	はつしゅっぴん	selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time
初めの内	はじめのうち	at first; initially; in the beginning
初下ろし	はつおろし	wearing something for the first time
初乗運賃	はつのりうんちん	base fare (for a train, bus, etc.); minimum fare; starting fare
初出し品	はつしゅっぴん	selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time
初号試写	しょごうししゃ	first screening; preview of movie
初宮参り	はつみやまいり	first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
初度適用	しょどてきよう	first-time adoption; initial application (e.g. of a new technology)
初期メン	しょきメン	founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
初期刊本	しょきかんぼん	incunabulum
初期化子	しょきかし	initializer
初期化部	しょきかぶ	initialization section
初期故障	しょきこしょう	initial failure
初期画面	しょきがめん	opening screen
初等関数	しょとうかんすう	elementary function
初花染め	はつはなぞめ	dying with the first safflower of the year
初転法輪	しょてんぽうりん	setting in motion the wheel of the dharma; the first turning of the wheel
咲初める	さきそめる	to begin to blossom
年度初め	ねんどはじめ	beginning of the (fiscal) year
新婚初夜	しんこんしょや	wedding night
最初の値	さいしょのあたい	initial value
歩き初め	あるきぞめ	baby's first steps; celebration of a baby's first steps; opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)
知初める	しりそめる	to begin to know; to know for the first time
買い初め	かいぞめ	first shopping of the year; first purchase of the year
お初を頂く	おはつをいただく	to eat something for the first time in the season
お初徳兵衛	おはつとくべえ	Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703); The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (play by Chikamatsu)
仮初めにも	かりそめにも	(not even) for a moment; (not) even in the slightest degree; (not) on any account; (not) at all
再初期設定	さいしょきせってい	reinitialization
初乗り料金	はつのりりょうきん	base fare (for a bus, train, taxi, etc.); minimum fare
初乗り運賃	はつのりうんちん	base fare (for a train, bus, etc.); minimum fare; starting fare
初心に返る	しょしんにかえる	to recall one's original purpose; to go back to one's original intention; to remember what state of mind one was in at first
初日が出る	しょにちがでる	to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses
初日を出す	しょにちをだす	to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses
初歩の初歩	しょほのしょほ	absolute basics; very rudiments
初等幾何学	しょとうきかがく	elementary geometry
初陣を飾る	ういじんをかざる	to win one's first battle (game, match)
咲き初める	さきそめる	to begin to blossom
御食い初め	おくいぞめ	okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
恋い初める	こいそめる	to begin to love
明け初める	あけそめる	to begin to grow light; to dawn
最初で最後	さいしょでさいご	first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
知り初める	しりそめる	to begin to know; to know for the first time
仮初めにする	かりそめにする	to make light of; to treat lightly; to slight; to neglect
初心者マーク	しょしんしゃマーク	novice driver mark; beginner symbol; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars
初期メンバー	しょきメンバー	founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member
初期化コード	しょきかコード	initialization code
初期臨床研修	しょきりんしょうけんしゅう	initial clinical training (two-year postgraduate residency for new doctors)
初期連結集合	しょきれんけつしゅうごう	initial link set
初期選択項目	しょきせんたくこうもく	initial choice
初生雛鑑別師	しょせいひなかんべつし	chicken sexer
初陣をかざる	ういじんをかざる	to win one's first battle (game, match)
お初をいただく	おはつをいただく	to eat something for the first time in the season
になって初めて	になってはじめて	(it was) not until; (it was) only when
初回仕様限定盤	しょかいしようげんていばん	first-run limited edition technical recording
初回生産限定盤	しょかいせいさんげんていばん	first-run limited edition production recording
初心運転者標識	しょしんうんてんしゃひょうしき	beginner driver plate; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars
初期キリスト教	しょきキリストきょう	early Christianity; ante-Nicene era Christianity
初期デフォルト	しょきデフォルト	initial default
初期投資コスト	しょきとうしコスト	initial investment cost
初生ひな鑑別師	しょせいひなかんべつし	chicken sexer
生まれて初めて	うまれてはじめて	for the first time in one's life
初心忘るべからず	しょしんわするべからず	we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from
初心忘る可からず	しょしんわするべからず	we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from
初期エンドソーム	しょきエンドソーム	early endosome
初期化プログラム	しょきかプログラム	initial program
最初から最後まで	さいしょからさいごまで	from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end
お初にお目にかかります	おはつにおめにかかります	nice to meet you; pleased to make your acquaintance
お初にお目に掛かります	おはつにおめにかかります	nice to meet you; pleased to make your acquaintance
初期値設定プログラム単位	しょきちせっていプログラムたんい	block data program unit
最初のアクティビティ識別子	さいしょのアクティビティしきべつし	original activity identifier

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