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
初夏	しょか	early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar	n2
当初	とうしょ	beginning; start; outset; at first	n2
初める	そめる	to begin to	n2
初対面	しょたいめん	first meeting; first interview with	n2
初年	しょねん	first year; early years (of a reign or era)
初代	しょだい	first generation; founder
初秋	しょしゅう	early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar	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
初冬	しょとう	early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar	n1
初心	しょしん	one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety
初歩	しょほ	basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...	n2
初日	しょにち	first day; opening day	n1
初回	しょかい	first time; first innings; initial attempt; first
初耳	はつみみ	something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
初旬	しょじゅん	first 10 days of the month
初々しい	ういういしい	(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh
初恋	はつこい	first love; puppy love	n1
初版	しょはん	first edition
初春	しょしゅん	early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
初手	しょて	first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
初出	しょしゅつ	first appearance
初めとする	はじめとする	commencing with; including
初音	はつね	first warbling heard in a New Year
初詣	はつもうで	first shrine visit of the New Year
初級	しょきゅう	elementary level; beginner level	n3
初めに	はじめに	first; firstly; first of all; to begin with
初等	しょとう	elementary; primary	n1
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.)
初雪	はつゆき	first snow (of the season); first snowfall
初夜	しょや	bridal night; first night; first watch of the night
初老	しょろう	past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
初段	しょだん	first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
世界初	せかいはつ	world's first; first in the world
初陣	ういじん	one's first campaign; one's first battle
日本初	にほんはつ	first (of its kind) in Japan
史上初	しじょうはつ	first in history
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
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)
初演	しょえん	first performance; premiere
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
初学	しょがく	learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study
初見	しょけん	seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
初公開	はつこうかい	debut; opening; first public exhibition
初号	しょごう	first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
初志	しょし	one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim
初産	ういざん	first childbirth
初子	ういご	first child
初孫	ういまご	first grandchild
初出場	はつしゅつじょう	debut; first appearance
初物	はつもの	first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
書き初め	かきぞめ	first calligraphy of the year
初茸	ハツタケ	red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake); hatsutake mushroom
初鰹	はつがつお	the first bonito of the season
初婚	しょこん	first marriage
太初	たいしょ	beginning of the world	n2
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)
初めから	はじめから	from the beginning
初登場	はつとうじょう	debut; first appearance
初発	しょはつ	start; first departure
初級者	しょきゅうしゃ	beginner; novice; neophyte
初夢	はつゆめ	first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); dream on the night of setsubun
初舞台	はつぶたい	debut; initial stage appearance
最初期	さいしょき	earliest stage; very beginning; earliest phase; earliest days
初会	しょかい	meeting for the first time; first meeting
初日の出	はつひので	first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
初度	しょど	first-time; initial
初戦	しょせん	first match (in a series)
初声	はつこえ	first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season
書初め	かきぞめ	first calligraphy of the year
初犯	しょはん	first offence; first offense; first offender; first-time offender
初優勝	はつゆうしょう	first championship win (esp. sumo)
初年度	しょねんど	first year; initial (year)
初荷	はつに	first cargo of the year
年初	ねんしょ	beginning of the year
出初め	でぞめ	debut
初稿	しょこう	first draft; first proof
初節句	はつぜっく	baby's first annual festival
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
原初	げんしょ	origin; source; beginning; starting point	n1
初診	しょしん	initial medical examination; first visit (to a doctor, clinic, hospital, etc.)
初盆	はつぼん	first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
初一念	しょいちねん	original intention
初月	しょげつ	first month of the lunar calendar; first month; first moon of the month; new moon
初生	しょせい	firstborn; first-produced; newborn
初学者	しょがくしゃ	beginning student; beginner
初生児	しょせいじ	newborn baby
初句	しょく	first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)	n2
初速	しょそく	initial velocity
初会合	はつかいごう	first meeting
お食い初め	おくいぞめ	okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
初挑戦	はつちょうせん	first challenge; first try

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