Illustration: In a family kitchen, a parent folds back the completed sheet of a wall calendar to reveal a fresh seven-column monthly grid containing no writing. The old sheet's day cells hold a full sequence of small round stickers, while the new sheet has just one sticker in its first day position.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

月つき初はじめ

tsukihajime

beginning of the month

After a month number, 月 is read がつ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 北海道ほっかいどうでは8月後半がつこうはんから9月初がつはじめにかけて、秋鮭漁あきざけりょうが解禁かいきんとなる。

    In Hokkaido, the autumn salmon fishing season opens sometime between late August and early September.

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

  2. 家賃やちんは毎月まいつき月初つきはじめに払はらう。

    I pay the rent at the beginning of each month.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 今月こんげつは月初つきはじめから雨あめが続つづいている。

    It’s been raining since the beginning of this month.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 月初

  • 月month; moonOnゲツ・ガツKunつき
  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ

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