Illustration: In a family apartment living room, a baby has just let go of the low sofa and taken one wobbly unsupported step. One hand remains stretched backward toward the cushion while the other reaches toward a parent kneeling a short distance away.

JLPT N2prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

初はつ

hatsu

first

Used before nouns for a first occurrence. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらはエベレストに初はつ登頂とうちょうした。

    They made first ascent of Mount Everest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ゲアハルト・シュレーダーは第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせんを経験けいけんしていない初はつのドイツ首相しゅしょうです。

    Gerhard Schroeder is the first German chancellor not to have lived through World War II.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. それは彼女かのじょの初はつ仕事しごとでした。

    It was her first job.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 初

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

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