当初

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See also: 當初

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 当初 – see 當初 (“originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 當初).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 初
とう
Grade: 2 		しょ
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
當初 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

当(とう)初(しょ) • (tōsho) 

  1. the initial, the beginning, the original, at first
    • 1946, 伊丹万作, わが妻の記:
      結婚(けっこん)当初(とうしょ)の半年(はんとし)くらいは、晩飯(ばんめし)の食卓(しょくたく)に料理(りょうり)が十品(じゅっぴん)くらい並(なら)んでいた。
      Kekkon tōsho no hantoshi-kurai wa, banmeshi no shokutaku ni ryōri ga juppin-kurai narande ita.
      For about the first six months after we were married, there were about ten dishes on the dinner table every night.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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