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最さい初しょ
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. beginning; outset; first; onset
Kanji used
最
utmost
初
first time
Pitch accent
さ
いしょ
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Used in: 6061
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
first off; first thing
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Examples (145 in total)
Let's begin at the beginning.
I'll go first.
He came first.
At first I thought it was a prank.
Take a left at the first corner.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
No one believed me at first.
It was easier than it seemed at first glance.
I was very nervous at first.
At first, she thought it was a joke.
The first attack missed the target.
When did you see them first?
The first season of the year is spring.
Turn at the first corner to the right.
We must finish our homework first.
I knew it from the start.
Our first class is math.
The undertaking was a failure from the beginning.
The first month of the year is January.
My first guess was wide off the mark.
Tom was the first to be fired.
At first, I thought it was the name of a place in Hokkaido.
Nancy was the first girl to come.
The Industrial Revolution took place first in England.
Let's draw lots to decide who goes first.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.
First, he finished his thesis.
That's what I said all along.
He didn't like her at first.
This was her first job.
I knew all along that he was telling a lie.
That was the first time that a man walked on the moon.
He was the first person to arrive.
Please tell me what I should do first.
At first, I failed the test.
What is your earliest memory from childhood?
Our first lesson today is English.
What is the first novel that was written in Japanese?
We learned what we should do first.
They were pleased at the birth of their first child.
After our first attack, the enemy fled.
At first, I couldn't play the guitar.
At first, he sounded very sincere.
Turn left at the first light.
Wow, we're finally in Paris. Where should we visit first?
Do you know when the first parliament came into being?
At first everybody was convinced of his innocence.
Why did you leave out the first question on the exam?
He was the first man to land on the moon.
This isn't the first time Tom has lied.
Mr. Gray was the first man that arrived.
He was the first man to cross the Pacific.
And began my first letter to Terry Tate.
The first thing you have to take into consideration is time.
Take the first turn to right and then go straight on.
I'll come to Boston the first weekend in October.
Betty was the first girl who came to the party.
He was the first man to float in space.
You must carry out your first plan.
The first colonizers of the United States of America were the English and French.
He was the first man that climbed Mount Everest.
He is the first Japanese that traveled in space.
This is the first time I have seen a Spielberg movie.
Do the first example in your workbook.
The first printing machine was invented by Gutenberg.
At first, I didn't know what to do.
I was the first one to do that.
They did not know what to do first.
I couldn't understand him at first.
She remembered the first day she went to school.
Should I have asked you first?
She asked me who had arrived first.
Which city are you going to visit first?
First of all, let's look at this famous picture.
I thought that we would be good friends from the beginning.
I skipped the first few pages of the book.
Your name stands first in the list.
You only have to answer the first question.
It is probable that her first album will sell well.
I was called into the office first.
She seems to be nervous about her first class.
It was the first time that I visited the museum.
Tom didn't speak French when I first met him.
The couple named their first child Mark.
At first, they were all convinced he was innocent.
He was the first to jump into the world of computers at our company.
I wonder which of the runners will come first.
Tom was the first one to recognize Mary's musical talent.
He intended to reexamine the case from the beginning.
The first item is a motion proposed by the Education Committee.
Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.
I remember the day when we first met.
First of all, I must say this.
We should have been fully aware of this risk all along.
He is the first to come and the last to leave at any party.
We should determine what is to be done first.
At first he hated her but gradually came to love her.
This road should have already been completed according to the original plan.
He asked the first person he met near the village.
No one knows when such a custom first came into existence.
He was the first man I interviewed for the job.
The first thing that caught his eye was a fingerprint on the glass.
The first thing we did was look at the pandas.
At first they drove through streets of small, gray houses.
They have decided to stick to the original plan after all.
First, I'd like to examine the catalyst used in this experiment.
He was the first man to climb Mt. Fuji in winter.
She had a daughter by her first husband.
The idea seemed absurd at first.
Armstrong was the first man to reach the moon.
Soccer played throughout the world today is closest to the original football.
My first task was to screen out unqualified applicants.
We're good friends now, but we didn't like each other at first.
On hearing the news of the birth of his first child, he jumped for joy.
This is a picture of the first train that ran between Tokyo and Yokohama.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.
It was clear that Hawking would live longer than was first thought.
As a new father, I gave my first child plenty of books.
What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.
The first thing I want to do tomorrow is to find a good part-time job.
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.
The student who finishes an examination first does not necessarily get the best grade.
Why don't you try it again from the beginning?
Sunday is the first day of the week.
Is Sunday the first day of the week?
What time does your first class start?
Kunihiko hit the target with his first shot.
At first, I mistook him for your brother.
The first electronic computer was produced in our country in 1941.
It was the first gold medal that she had won.
The first electric calculator came into existence toward the end of the 19th century.
Frederic Chopin wrote his first composition when he was seven years old.
Do you know who conquered Mt. Everest first?
I've managed to finish the first three chapters so far.
She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old.
He hit the center of the target with his first shot.
At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
The first minutes after a heart attack are very important.
The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
Which of these three books would you recommend that I read first?
This area was first settled by the Dutch more than two hundred years ago.
When they had their first baby, they had been married for 10 years.