Keyword
first time
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig431
Readings
しょ
(51%)
はじ
(36%)
はつ
(7%)
うい
(3%)
Composed of
altar clothes
katana
Mnemonic

Before wielding the legendary katana for the first time you must go through the initiation ritual. Go on, put on your altar clothes so we can start.

Used in vocabulary (340 in total)
beginning; outset; first; onset
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
first; new
Examples (200 in total)
This was her first job.
That's what I said all along.
He came first.