► 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:
- 彼等は当初の立場を固守している ⇨ They are sticking to their original stance
- 誰が初めに話すの？ ⇨ Who speaks first?
- 彼女は念願の初優勝を遂げた ⇨ She finally realized her dream of winning the championship
- ブラウンは最初の内燃エンジンを実用化した ⇨ Brown put the first combustion engine into practice
- その夜二人は初めて契った ⇨ The two made love that night for the first time
- 最初から順にやっていく ⇨ I will do it in order from the beginning
- 彼等は試合の初っ端に得点を許した ⇨ They allowed a score at the very beginning of the game
- 彼は初歩的な失敗を犯した ⇨ He made an easy mistake, a mistake beginners make
- 彼は初球をホームランした ⇨ He hit the first pitch out of the park
- 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
- 彼は弁護士試験に初回で合格した ⇨ He passed the bar exam on his first try
- 初期の損失は必要経費と割り切らなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to regard initial losses as necessary expenses
- それは最初は目新しかったが、もう見慣れてしまった ⇨ It was novel at first, but now I got used to it
- 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
- 人類初の飛行 ⇨ The first human flight