► 名詞
初 [(2)はつ] meaning: first rank: 2
☆ 世界初の自動運転車 ⇨ The world’s first self-driving car
► 形容動詞
初 [(1)うぶ] meaning: naive rank: 3
☆ あの娘は未だ初だ ⇨ That girl is still very naive, doesn’t know men
More examples:
- 初優勝を目指す彼等の前に前年の王者が立ちはだかった ⇨ The last year’s champion stood in the path of the team that is trying to win for the first time
- 初期設定 ⇨ The initial settings, configurations
- 私は最初はそのつもりはなかったが彼に丸め込まれてしまった ⇨ I hadn’t meant to at first, but got persuaded by him
- 彼はレースの最初から飛ばしている ⇨ He is going fast, keeping his pace up, from the beginning of the race
- 手から血が出ていることに見て初めて気がついた ⇨ I realized my hand was bleeding only when I saw it
- 最初は難しくても諦めちゃ駄目だ ⇨ You shouldn’t give up even if it is difficult at first
- 私も初めは無理だと思ったが、練習したら出来るようになった ⇨ At first I too thought it was impossible, but I practiced and learned to do it
- 初体験のことは誰でも一生憶えている ⇨ Everybody remembers first (sexual) experience for life
- 最初は皆物珍しがったが、直ぐに忘れられてしまった ⇨ Everybody found it novel and interesting at first, but soon forgot about it
- 初等教育 ⇨ Elementary education
- 彼は最初の失敗を成功ににつなげた ⇨ He had his initial failure lead to a success
- 彼は初球をホームランした ⇨ He hit the first pitch out of the park
- あの店は最初は珍しさで人気があったが、そのうち客がいなくなった ⇨ That store was popular at first by the novelty, but after a while lost all the customers
- キャビアを初めて食べたが別にどうって言う事はなかった ⇨ I had caviars for the first time but they were nothing special
- 彼は当初の成功で調子付いている ⇨ He is on an emotional high with his initial success