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最初

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📖 English Meaning

incipiency, earlier, beginning, number one, ab initio, start

Pronunciation

Hiragana:

さいしょ　さいそ

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Romaji:

saisho　saiso

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Character Meanings

最 most, extremely, exceedingly

初 beginning, initial, primary

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