当初

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See also: 當初

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – 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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)(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)半年(はんとし)くらいは、晩飯(ばんめし)食卓(しょくたく)料理(りょうり)十品(じゅっぴん)くらい(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

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  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