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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

初しょ頭とう

shotou

beginning of a period

Example sentences

  1. 事実じじつ、海うみは今世紀こんせいきの初頭しょとうよりすでに10cmも上昇じょうしょうしているのである。

    In fact, the sea has already risen 10 centimeters since the beginning of this century.

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  2. これらは概おおむね17世紀末せいきまつから18世紀せいき初頭しょとうの現象げんしょうである。

    These were roughly phenomena from the late 17th century to the early 18th century.

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

  3. 『自家伝抄』は、16世紀初頭に成立したと見られる能の伝書。

    "Jika Densho" is a noh text that is thought to have been written at the beginning of the 16th century.

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

Kanji in 初頭

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
  • 頭head; counter for large animalsOnトウ・ズ・トKunあたま・かしら・かぶり

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