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初号

しょごう
first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type
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年初

ねんしょ
beginning of the year; New Year's greetings
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初詣で

初詣
はつもうで
first shrine visit of New Year
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原初

げんしょ
origin; source; beginning; starting point
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初春

しょしゅん、はつはる
beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar; New Year
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初動

しょどう
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (e.g. of earthquake); preliminary tremor
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初陣

ういじん
first campaign; one's first battle
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初歩

しょほ
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
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初老

しょろう
past middle-aged; aging; ageing; elderly; age 40
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初雪

はつゆき
first snow (of season)