Illustration: In a family apartment, a toddler takes one unsteady unsupported step away from a low sofa toward a crouching parent. One foot has just landed ahead of the other, both arms stretch outward for balance, and the other parent has only just withdrawn their steadying hands.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

第だい一いっ歩ぽ

daiippo

first step

Example sentences

  1. 国家間こっかかんの連携れんけいを深ふかめることが、平和へいわへの第一歩だいいっぽだ。

    Deepening bonds of solidarity between nations is the first step towards peace.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 基本的性質きほんてきせいしつを理解りかいすることは応用研究おうようけんきゅうの第一歩だいいっぽである。

    Understanding fundamental qualities is the first step in applied research.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 自分自身じぶんじしんの無知むちを認みとめることが、賢かしこくなるための第一歩だいいっぽであるとソクラテスは言いった。

    Socrates said that recognising your own ignorance is the first step towards wisdom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 第一歩

  • 第No.; residenceOnダイ・テイ
  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 歩walk; counter for stepsOnホ・ブ・フKunあるく・あゆむ

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