- 初心
- しょしん
original intention
initial resolution* * *しょしん【初心】¶ → 初心忘るべからず¶ → 初心を貫く◇ → 初心者* * *しょしん【初心】〔初志〕 ⇒しょし2; 〔未熟さ〕 greenness; 〔うぶ〕 naiveté.●初心に返る go back to one's original intention.
●初心の inexperienced; green (as grass).
●初心を貫く carry out one's original intention.
●初心忘るるべからず. Never forget the ideals with which you started out.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.