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    初音

    初はつ音ね

    first warbling heard in a New Year

    KMT10News #43+1NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab16 strokes

    はつね

    Noun

    1.
    first warbling heard in a New Year

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    鶯うぐいすの初はつ音ねを聞きくと、春はるの訪おとずれを感かんじる。

    When I hear the first warbling of the bush warbler, I feel the arrival of spring.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    その歌か手しゅの初はつ音ねは、聴きく人ひとの心こころを捉とらえて離はなさない。

    That singer's first note captures the listener's heart and doesn't let go.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology
    早そう朝ちょうの森もりで、小こ鳥とりたちの初はつ音ねが響ひびき渡わたる。

    In the early morning forest, the first warbling of small birds echoes.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    新しん年ねんの初はつ音ねは、古ふるくから吉きっ兆ちょうとされてきた。

    The first warbling of the New Year has long been considered a good omen.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    万まん葉よう集しゅうには、初はつ音ねを詠よんだ歌うたが数かず多おおく残のこされている。

    Many poems about the first warbling are preserved in the Manyoshu.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    音
    おと・ね…(5)
    sound・noise
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