"初日" meaning in Japanese

See 初日 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi] Forms: 初日 [canonical] (ruby: 初(しょ), 日(にち)), shonichi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょにち}} 初(しょ)日(にち) • (shonichi)
  1. opening day, first day
    Sense id: en-初日-ja-noun-8SJqe6px Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi], [ha̠t͡sɨçi], [ɕo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi] Forms: 初日 [canonical] (ruby: 初(はつ), 日(ひ)), hatsuhi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|はつひ}} 初(はつ)日(ひ) • (hatsuhi)
  1. sunrise on January 1
    Sense id: en-初日-ja-noun-~ekFPC3R Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "form": "初日",
      "ruby": [
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          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "にち"
        ]
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      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi]"
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    },
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
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    },
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Download raw JSONL data for 初日 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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