Kanji
Readingはじ
Frequency36%
Used in (15 in total)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
from the beginning
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
for the first time in one's life
at first; in the beginning; originally
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
at first; initially; in the beginning
commencing with; including
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
beginning of month
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
beginning of the (fiscal) year
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction