► 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:
- 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
- 病気になって初めて健康の大切さを実感した ⇨ I truly realized the importance of health only when I became sick
- 彼は私の初恋の人だった ⇨ He was my first love
- 最初から順番通りに読んで行かないと話が分からなくなる ⇨ You will lose the storyline If you don’t read it in order from the beginning
- 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
- 初めから終わりまで通して練習してみよう ⇨ Let’s rehearse from the beginning to the end in one session
- 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
- 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
- 彼等は彼が当初の調査の時に協力的でなかった事を重く見ている ⇨ They are taking it very seriously that he was not cooperative during the initial investigation
- 初体験のことは誰でも一生憶えている ⇨ Everybody remembers first (sexual) experience for life
- 彼女は念願の初優勝を遂げた ⇨ She finally realized her dream of winning the championship
- 彼等は初優勝を遂げた ⇨ They accomplished their first championship
- 電卓は当初は高価だった ⇨ Calculators were initially very expensive
- 彼は日本人で初めて100mで10秒を切った ⇨ He is the first Japanese to run 100m under 10 seconds
- 首相は来年初頭に訪米の予定だ ⇨ The prime minister is scheduled to visit US at the start of next year