初物

Japanese
Kanji in this term
初 物
はつ
Grade: 4		 もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of Old Japanese elements 初 (hatsu, “first”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    初(はつ)物(もの) • (hatsumono) 

    1. the first crop or harvest of the season
      初物(はつもの)のメロンを頂(いただ)きました。
      Hatsumono no meron o itadakimashita.
      I received the first melon of the season.
    2. a virgin

    Derived terms
    • 初物食(はつものぐい), 初物食(はつものぐ)い (hatsumono-gui): a preference for eating the first foods of the season; by extension, a preference for new things; a person with such preferences; a libertine who targets virgins

    References
    1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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