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初はじめ

N5
はじめ hajime
  1. beginning
nounadverb

Chinese meanings

开始;起初

Examples

  • 旅りょ行こうの初はじめの二日間ふつかかんは雨あめ降ふりだった。
    The first two days of my trip were rainy.
    旅行最初两天下雨了。
  • 初はじめよければすべてよし。
    Well begun, well finished.
    好的开始,一切都好。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e5b36d7b24'); // 初め
{
  "id": "e5b36d7b24",
  "word": "初め",
  "reading": "はじめ",
  "romaji": "hajime",
  "meanings": [
    "beginning"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1342540,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。",
      "furigana": "{旅行|りょこう}の{初|はじ}めの{二日間|ふつかかん}は{雨降|あめふ}りだった。",
      "en": "The first two days of my trip were rainy.",
      "tatoeba_id": 162444
    },
    {
      "ja": "初めよければすべてよし。",
      "furigana": "{初|はじ}めよければすべてよし。",
      "en": "Well begun, well finished.",
      "tatoeba_id": 147521
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3296669207ccfd2305df290112f96f7da5c5d007c8514bfb079c5ccd7b9e6e2b",
    "meanings": [
      "开始;起初"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。",
        "zh": "旅行最初两天下雨了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "初めよければすべてよし。",
        "zh": "好的开始,一切都好。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/e5b36d7b24",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d5b6bb9f7ec250a792072a4aff4bc530ef602ccfa295ad7caeb5a6da35e82adc"
  }
}