初恋

See also: 初戀

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 初恋 – see 初戀 (“first love”). (This term is the simplified form of 初戀).

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
初	恋
はつ Grade: 4	こい Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
初戀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

初 (hatsu, “first”) +‎ 恋 (koi, “love”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はつこい [hàtsúkóí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨ̥ko̞i]

Noun

初(はつ)恋(こい) • (hatsukoi) ^{←はつこひ (fatukofi)?}

1. first love
   • 1996 July 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “途中下車 [Stopover]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 100:

     小(こ)宮(みや)慶(けい)子(こ)。小(しょう)・中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう)と一(いっ)緒(しょ)だが、同(おな)じクラスになったのは一(いち)度(ど)だけ——足(あし)のキズを見(み)るたびに思(おも)い出(だ)す、初(はつ)恋(こい)の女(おんな)の子(こ)である。

     Komiya Keiko. Shō chūgakkō to issho da ga, onaji kurasu ni natta no wa ichido dake—— ashi no kizu o miru tabi ni omoidasu, hatsukoi no onna no ko de aru.

     Keiko Komiya. Once just a classmate of mine in elementary and middle school—who now, whenever I look at the wound in my leg, reminds me of my first love.