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初旬しょじゅん

しょじゅん shojun Play N2 Adverb Noun

Meanings and examples

月の初めの10日間を指す語。 first 10 days of the month

Example 1

初旬に京都へ行く予定です。

I plan to go to Kyoto in the first ten days of the month.

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Example 2

会議は来月の初旬に開かれます。

The meeting will be held in the first ten days of next month.

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Kanji breakdown

初

N3

first time; beginning

On reading
ショ
Kun reading
はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める、-ぞ.め
Radical
刀

旬

N1

decameron; ten-day period; season (for specific products)

On reading
ジュン、シュン
Kun reading
Radical
日
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上旬

N2

じょうじゅん

first 10 days of month

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下旬

N2

げじゅん

month (last third of)

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中旬

N2

ちゅうじゅん

second third of a month

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初めに

N2

はじめに

first; firstly; first of all; to begin with

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初級

N2

しょきゅう

elementary level