当初

See also: 當初

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 当初 – see 當初 (“originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 當初).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	初
とう Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
當初 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​ーしょ [tóꜜòshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

当(とう)初(しょ) • (tōsho) 

1. the initial, the beginning, the original, at first
   • 1946, 伊丹万作, わが妻の記:

     結婚(けっこん)当初(とうしょ)の半年(はんとし)くらいは、晩飯(ばんめし)の食卓(しょくたく)に料理(りょうり)が十品(じゅっぴん)くらい並(なら)んでいた。

     Kekkon tōsho no hantoshi-kurai wa, banmeshi no shokutaku ni ryōri ga juppin-kurai narande ita.

     For about the first six months after we were married, there were about ten dishes on the dinner table every night.