初手

しょて
beginning
start

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しょて【初手】

the first move in a game of shōgi; the very beginning; the very start. [⇒さいしょ]

●初手は at first; at the outset; at the very beginning.

●初手から (right) from the very beginning [start]

・彼は初手から積極的に攻めてきた. He attacked aggressively right from the first move.