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始発 (しはつ): first train — Japanese vocabulary

始発 is read しはつ and means "first train". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

始発

Reading
しはつ · shihatsu
Translation
first train
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しはつが

Example

私は始発電車に乗らねばならない。

わたしはしはつでんしゃにのらねばならない。

I must catch the first train.

Kanji in this word

  • 始 — begin
  • 発 — depart, emit

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