- 最初
- さいしょ
beginning
outset
first
onset* * *さいしょ【最初】〔初め, はじめて, はじまり, 一番, 第一, 手初め, 先〕*first〖U〗[通例 the ~]〔…する〕最初の人[物]〔to do〕; 初め, 始まりHe was the first to raise his hand. 彼が最初に手を挙げた
That is the first I have heard of it. それがその事について聞いた最初である
from the (very) first (いちばん)最初から.
**beginning〖C〗初め, 最初(の部分)(⇔end)at [in, toward] the beginning of... …の最初の部分で
make a good [bad] beginning 最初から快調[不調]である.
**start〖C〗〔活動・発展などの〕始まり〔of, on〕right at [from] the start 最初から.
▲from [at, on] scratch 《略式》最初から, ゼロから.
◇ → 最初に・は◇ → 最初の* * *さいしょ【最初】1 〔冒頭〕 the beginning; the opening; the outset; the start; the commencement; 〔一番目〕 the first; the earliest.~の 〔冒頭の〕 the opening 《scene》; the beginning 《chapters》; introductory 《remarks》; 〔一番目の〕 the initial 《goal》; the first 《customer》; the earliest 《train》.●何事も最初が肝心だ. In anything one does, a good start [beginning] is half the job.
●最初からやり直す start (all) over from the beginning
・計画は最初からつまずいた. The project got off on the wrong foot [had a bad start].
・最初からうまくいくことなんてめったにないさ. It's rare that things go smoothly from the start.
●最初に来る come first; be the first to come
・最初に話す人をくじで決める decide who speaks first by drawing lots
・最初に主催者の挨拶があった. First came some opening remarks from the sponsor.
・リストの最初に君の名が出ている. Your name heads [tops] the list.
・最初に私の名が呼ばれた. My name was called first.
・なぜ最初にそう言わなかったんだ. Why didn't you tell me that first [say so at the outset]?
●最初の1 ページ the first [initial, opening] page
・最初のひと言 the first word
・わが社の今世紀最初の出版はこの本であった. This book is our firm's first publication of the century.
●給料は最初20 万円で, 徐々に昇給していく. Your pay will be \200,000 at the start with steady raises.
2 〔初回〕 the first time.~の first 《time》; initial 《attempt》; maiden 《speech》; opening 《game》; new 《experience》.●(連載物を)最初から読んでいる. I've been reading it since the first installment.
●彼に最初に会ったのは 1 年前だ. I first met him a year ago.
・最初に東京へ来た時ここは工場だった. When I first came to Tokyo, there was a factory here.
●最初の経験 one's first experience 《with…, of…》; a new experience for one
・最初の出会い one's first meeting 《with sb》
・最初の海外旅行 one's first [initial] trip abroad.
●これが最初で最後のチャンスだ. This is your first and last chance.
3 〔当初〕 ~の original 《plan》; primary 《object》.●最初(のうち)は at first; at the outset [start]; at [in] the beginning; initially; originally.
●これは最初から決まっていたことだ. This is something that has been settled from the start [outset].
・そんなことは最初から知っていたよ. That I knew all along. | I've known that since the start.
●最初の状態に戻す restore 《a site》 to its original condition
・最初の気持ちを忘れずに not forgetting how one felt at the beginning [one's initial feeling].
●最初は東京になじめなかった. At the beginning I had trouble getting used to Tokyo.
・最初は社員がたったの 3 人だった. At the start there were only three people in the company.
・最初は調子がよかったんだが. Things were going so well at the start.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.