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初鳴き

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 初鳴き.

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Entry

初鳴きはつなき初鳴NounFreq #263109
1

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

first time, beginning

7 strokesFrequency 152JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ショ

Kun

はじ.めはじ.めてはつはつ-うい--そ.める-ぞ.め

Nanori

はっ

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

14 strokesFrequency 1,279JLPT N2Grade 2

On

メイ

Kun

な.くな.るな.らす

Nanori

なりなる

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