初物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初 物
はつ
Grade: 4 		もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of Old Japanese elements 初 (hatsu, “first”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はつもの [hàtsúmónó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠t͡sɨmo̞no̞]

Noun

初(はつ)物(もの) • (hatsumono) 

  1. the first crop or harvest of the season
    初物(はつもの)のメロンを頂(いただ)きました。
    Hatsumono no meron o itadakimashita.
    I received the first melon of the season.
  2. a virgin

Derived terms

  • 初物食(はつものぐい), 初物食(はつものぐ)い (hatsumono-gui): a preference for eating the first foods of the season; by extension, a preference for new things; a person with such preferences; a libertine who targets virgins

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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