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311 words found containing '初' in any position
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innocent; artless; unsophisticated; fresh
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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noun
first campaign; one's first battle
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noun
first grandchild
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noun
1. for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time  (archaic)
2. first menstruation  (archaic)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
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noun
1. first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
2. first menstruation  (this meaning is restricted to reading はつはな)
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1. crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony  (see also: 元服; archaic)
noun
2. noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)  (see also: 巻纓, 垂纓; this meaning is restricted to reading ういかんむり)
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noun
meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master  (archaic)
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noun
first apprenticeship  (archaic)
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