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; etc.”).
(This term, 当初, is the simplified form of 當初.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
当 初
とう
Grade: 2		 しょ
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
當初 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    Noun

    当(とう)初(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)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
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