当初

当初

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”). (This term, 当初, is the simplified form of 當初.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	初
とう Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) と​ーしょ [tóꜜòshò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

当初 (hiragana とうしょ, rōmaji 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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3