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

Etymology

初 (hatsu, “first”) +‎ 恋 (koi, “love”)

Pronunciation

Noun

初恋 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 初戀, hiragana はつこい, rōmaji hatsukoi, historical hiragana はつこひ)

  1. first love
    • 1996 July 15, Adachi, Mitsuru, “途中下車 [Stopover]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・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 grade school 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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