初恋

See also: 初戀

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 初恋 – see 初戀 (“first love”).
(This term, 初恋, is the simplified form of 初戀.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
初 恋
はつ
Grade: 4		 こ(い)
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
初戀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

初 (hatsu, “first”) +‎ 恋 (koi, “love”)

Pronunciation

Noun

初(はつ)恋(こい) • (hatsukoi) ←はつこひ (fatukofi)?

  1. first love
    • 1996 July 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “途中下車 [Stopover]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 100:
      小(こ)宮(みや)慶(けい)子(こ)。小(しょう)・中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう)と一(いっ)緒(しょ)だが、同(おな)じクラスになったのは一(いち)度(ど)だけ——足(あし)のキズを見(み)るたびに思(おも)い出(だ)す、初(はつ)恋(こい)の女(おんな)の子(こ)である。
      Komiya Keiko. Shō chūgakkō to issho da ga, onaji kurasu ni natta no wa ichido dake—— ashi no kizu o miru tabi ni omoidasu, hatsukoi no onna no ko de aru.
      Keiko Komiya. Once just a classmate of mine in elementary and middle school—who now, whenever I look at the wound in my leg, reminds me of my first love.

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
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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