Word Meaning お初

おはつ ohatsu

お初 is read as おはつ (ohatsu) and means (for the) first time.

Meaning

English

(for the) first time
first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
something used (worn, etc.) for the first time
new item

Reading

Kana

おはつ

Romaji

ohatsu

Writing Variants

御初おはつ ohatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 56020 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お食い初め

おくいぞめ

okuizome

初

はつ

first

当初

とうしょ

beginning

最初

さいしょ

beginning

日本初

にほんはつ

first (of its kind) in Japan

年初

ねんしょ

beginning of the year

原初

げんしょ

origin

人生初

じんせいはつ

(for the) first time in one's life

今年初

ことしはつ

(for the) first time this year

本初

ほんしょ

beginning

月初

げっしょ

beginning of the month

明初

めいしょ

first year of Meiji era

Example Sentences

お初にお目に掛かります。

Pleased to meet you.