Word Meaning 当初

とうしょ tousho

当初 is read as とうしょ (tousho) and means beginning.

Meaning

English

  1. beginning
  2. start
  3. outset
  4. at first
  5. at the beginning
  6. initially
  7. originally

Reading

Kana

とうしょ

Romaji

tousho

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 1545 Priority A

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当初予算

とうしょよさん

initial budget

初当選

はつとうせん

winning one's first election

当たり前

あたりまえ

natural

当たり

あたり

bruise (on fruit)

当て

あて

addressed to

当時

とうじ

at that time

当選

とうせん

being elected

当日

とうじつ

day in question

当分

とうぶん

for a while (from now)

当局

とうきょく

this office

当事者

とうじしゃ

person concerned

当然

とうぜん

naturally

Example Sentences

5

I liked him from day one.

In the development of Lojban, efforts were consistently made since the initial phase to keep the language culturally neutral.

Initially we had some problems with our computer system, but they've been sorted out now.

The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak.

This result means, contrary to prior expectations, that the number of variables does not affect the processing speed.