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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

初はつ恋こい

hatsukoi

first love

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは私わたしの初恋はつこいです。
She’s my first love.
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初恋はつこいは何歳なんさいの時ときでしたか。
How old were you when you fell in love for the first time?
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初恋はつこいを忘わすれることはないと言いわれている。
They say that you never forget your first love.
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Kanji in 初恋

初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
恋romance; in loveOnレンKunこう・こい・こいしい

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