最初 (さいしょ) — first, beginning

最さい初しょ first

Frequency #198 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective adverb noun

saisho

さいしょ

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. さいしょ[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

first
beginning

Explained in simple Japanese

ものごとの一番(いちばん) はじめ。

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Usage examples

政治せいじを変かえようとした人ひとたちは、最初さいしょから同おなじ考かんがえだったわけではありません。

Seiji o kaeyou to shita hitotachi wa, saisho kara onaji kangae datta wake de wa arimasen.

The people who wanted to change politics did not all share the same ideas from the start.

明治維新 — 日本が大きく変わった時 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第2章　政府が変わっても、争いは続いた

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Adjective forms

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