► 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:
- 最初は全く分からなかったが、ある日突然分かり出した ⇨ I didn’t understand it at all at first, but one day I suddenly started understanding
- 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
- 日本はラグビーで初めて英国に勝利した ⇨ Japan won over England in rugby for the first time
- 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
- 彼女は長い下積みの後、初めての映画を監督した ⇨ She finally directed her own movie after many years of apprenticeship
- 今回は初回ということに免じて許そう ⇨ I will forgive you this time on an account of this being your first time
- 最初にきちんとやらないとやり直しで二度手間になる ⇨ If you don’t do it right the first time you will have to do it again
- 彼は初歩的な失敗を犯した ⇨ He made an easy mistake, a mistake beginners make
- その話は初めて聞いた ⇨ I heard that story for the first time. Never heard of it before
- 初めての子供を抱いた時の嬉しさは格別だった ⇨ The happiness of holding your first child was something different
- 言われて初めて気がついた ⇨ Someone told me and then I realized for the first time. I didn’t realize until someone told me
- 必ずしも最初から順々にやる必要は無い ⇨ You don’t necessarily have to do it in order from the beginning
- 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
- 初代ホンダシビック ⇨ The first generation Honda Civic
- 彼は最初の詐欺に味を占めて何度も犯行を繰返した ⇨ He got the taste with his first scam, and has repeated the crime many times