► 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:
- 物事は最初から旨くは行かない ⇨ Things won’t go smoothly at first
- 地盤の沈下は当初の予測を上回る勢いで進んでいる ⇨ The sinking of the ground is progressing at a much faster rate than the original estimate
- 私とした事が何と初歩的な失敗をしてしまったのだろう ⇨ I cannot believe myself that I made such a rookie mistake
- シナリオは最初から書き直しになった ⇨ It was decided to rewrite the script from the scratch
- 電卓は当初は高価だった ⇨ Calculators were initially very expensive
- 彼等は初優勝を決めた ⇨ They secured their first ever championship
- ぼつぼつ初めましょうか ⇨ Why don’t we get started (slowly)
- 初心者だからって手加減しないぞ ⇨ I’m not going to go easy on you just because you are a beginner
- 中途半端が一番いけない。最初からやらないか、最後までやるかのどっちかにしろ ⇨ Somewhere in the middle, that’s the worst. It is either you don’t do it at all, or go all the way
- 彼は初期の成功で自信を深めた ⇨ He’s deepened, strengthened, his confidence by the early success
- 私は最初ギターを兄の見様見真似で始めた ⇨ I started playing the guitar at first just watching and imitating the way my brother play
- 初代ホンダシビック ⇨ The first generation Honda Civic
- 全て最初からやり直しだ ⇨ We have to do everything all over again
- 彼は今場所初の黒星を喫した ⇨ He suffered a first loss of the tournament
- 彼等は当初の立場を固守している ⇨ They are sticking to their original stance