Kanji
N3 7 strokes Grade 4 freq #152

first time, beginning

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sword katana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

beginning; outset
beginning; start
first day; opening day
early days; early years
first generation; founder
first match (in a series)
first performance; premiere
first 10 days of the month
beginning (of a century, etc.)
pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

first; new
New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
debut; initial stage appearance

Example sentences

He couldn't carry out his first plan.

He intended to reexamine the case from the beginning.

A friend I went with on our first trip abroad had his wallet pickpocketed. I don't think it left a very good impression.

Gerhard Schroeder is the first German chancellor not to have lived through World War II.