初め
N5はじめ hajime
- beginning
nounadverb
Chinese meanings
开始;起初
Examples
- 旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。The first two days of my trip were rainy.旅行最初两天下雨了。
- 初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"
}
}