Illustration: At dawn in a quiet Japanese shopping street, a bakery owner stands in the open doorway stretching before the day's work. The sun has only just appeared above the low roofs, and neighboring shops still have their shutters down.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

初はじめ

hajime

beginning, start

始め is also used for the start of an action. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 初はじめは断ことわりました。

    I refused at first.

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  2. 初はじめから好すきでした。

    I liked him from the start.

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  3. 初はじめから知しってたよ。

    We knew from the start.

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Kanji in 初

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ

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