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    3. 日本初

    日本初

    日に本ほん初はつ

    first (of its kind) in Japan

    KMT8Ref L1Noun, ParticleHistoryKanji Vocab16 strokes

    にほんはつにっぽんはつ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    first (of its kind) in Japan

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    これは日に本ほん初はつの電でん車しゃだ。

    This is Japan's first electric train.

    KMT6HistoryTravel & Transportation
    その会かい社しゃは、日に本ほん初はつのスマートフォンを開かい発はつした。

    That company developed Japan's first smartphone.

    KMT8TechnologyHistory
    1872年ねんに開かい通つうした鉄てつ道どうは、日に本ほん初はつの本ほん格かく的てきな鉄てつ道どうだった。

    The railway opened in 1872 was Japan's first full-scale railway.

    KMT8HistoryTravel & Transportation
    彼かれらは日に本ほん初はつのAI搭とう載さいロボットを市いち場ばに投とう入にゅうした。

    They launched Japan's first AI-equipped robot into the market.

    KMT8TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、日に本ほん初はつの西せい洋よう画がが展てん示じされている。

    This museum exhibits Japan's first Western-style painting.

    KMT9Art & DesignHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    日
    ひ・-び・-か…(14)
    day・sun・Japan・counter for days
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
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