N21571/1725

初はじめに

expressionusually written using kana alone

Meanings

first, firstly, first of all, to begin with, in the beginning, at the beginning
Introduction, Preface

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Example sentences

はじめに自己紹介じこしょうかいをしてください。

Please introduce yourself first.

はじめに結論けつろんを述のべてから、詳くわしく説明せつめいします。

I will state the conclusion first, then explain in detail.

会議かいぎのはじめに、先週せんしゅうの報告ほうこくを確認かくにんしました。

At the beginning of the meeting, we reviewed last week's report.

この本ほんのはじめに、著者ちょしゃの言葉ことばが書かかれている。

At the beginning of this book, the author's words are written.

プロジェクトのはじめに十分じゅうぶんな計画けいかくを立たてておけば、後あとで問題もんだいが起おきにくくなる。

If you make a sufficient plan at the beginning of a project, problems are less likely to arise later.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)