Illustration: At a Japanese robotics workshop’s anniversary display, the original small delivery robot stands at the beginning of a physical sequence of three related models.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

初しょ代だい

shodai

first generation, first holder

Example sentences

初代しょだいMacは1984年ねんにリリースされた。
The first Macintosh PC was released in 1984.
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FIFAワールドカップの初代しょだい王者おうじゃはウルグアイだ。
The first winner of the FIFA World Cup was Uruguay.
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ジョージワシントンはアメリカの初代しょだい大統領だいとうりょうでした。
George Washington was the first President of the United States of America.
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Kanji in 初代

初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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