初陣

Reading

Kana: ういじん

Romaji: uijin

Definition

noun

1

first campaign; one's first battle

Kanji

初

Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

陣

Reading: ジン

Meanings: camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time

Example Sentence

しかも初陣(ういじん)があのドラゴン退治(たいじ)！

➥What's more our first battle is to defeat that dragon!