Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery class, an adult beginner carefully rolls a plain ball of clay between both palms while the instructor demonstrates the same simple movement beside them. The next piece on the beginner's board is a rough pinch pot with one comically thick rim.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

初しょ歩ほ

shoho

basics, elementary level

Often appears as 初歩的, meaning 'elementary'. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. こんな初歩しょほ的てきなところでつまずいてるようじゃ先さきが思おもいやられるよ。

    Stumbling on something this simple, I can tell it will be difficult going forward.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれほどの確立かくりつした科学者かがくしゃがそのような初歩しょほ的てきな誤あやまりを犯おかすとは実際上考じっさいじょうかんがえられないことである。

    It is practically unthinkable that a scientist of his stature would have made such an elementary mistake.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. アダムズ書記官しょきかんが随行ずいこうしていながら、このような初歩しょほのミスを犯おかしてしまったのである。

    An elementary mistake was made despite the presence of Secretary Adams.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 初歩

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
  • 歩walk; counter for stepsOnホ・ブ・フKunあるく・あゆむ

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