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    3. 初頭

    初頭

    初しょ頭とう

    beginning (of a century, etc.)

    KMT6News #12+1Noun, AdverbHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    しょとう

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    beginning (of a century, etc.)

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    20世せい紀きの初しょ頭とう、世せ界かいは大おおきく変かわりました。

    At the beginning of the 20th century, the world changed greatly.

    KMT5History
    19世せい紀き初しょと頭うのヨーロッパは、多おおくの政せい治じ的てき変へん動どうを経けい験けんしました。

    Europe in the early 19th century experienced many political changes.

    KMT6HistoryPolitics & Law
    産さん業ぎょう革かく命めいの初しょ頭とうには、多おおくの新あたらしい発はつ明めいが生うまれました。

    Many new inventions were born at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

    KMT6HistoryTechnology
    この技ぎ術じゅつは21世せい紀き初しょと頭うに開かい発はつされ、急きゅう速そくに普つきゅ及うしました。

    This technology was developed in the early 21st century and spread rapidly.

    KMT7TechnologyHistory
    日に本ほんの明めい治じ時じ代だい初しょ頭とうは、西せい洋よう文ぶん化かが流りゅう入にゅうし始はじめた時じ期きでした。

    The early Meiji era in Japan was a period when Western culture began to flow in.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions

    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
    頭
    あたま・かしら・-がしら・かぶり…(8)
    head・counter for large animals
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