JLPT N3

beginning; first time

Item 15 of 446 | 7 strokes | Radical: 刀 (knife), 衣 (clothes)

Readings

On'yomiショ
Kun'yomiはじ・め、はじ ・めて、はつ

Mnemonic

FIRST - knife cutting through new clothes, beginning.

Example Words

初心者 (しょしんしゃ) beginner
最初 (さいしょ) beginning; first
初めて (はじめて) for the first time
初めに (はじめに) first; at the beginning