Shirabe
  • Common
  • adverb (fukushi)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Common Adverb Noun
English JMdict (multilingual)
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adverb (fukushi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone in the first place;to begin with;from the start;originally;ab initio
Why do birds migrate in the first place?
2
conjunction word usually written using kana alone after all;anyway;actually;well, ...;... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?");... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
used when bringing up something already mentioned
Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.
3
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no' word usually written using kana alone beginning;start
Other forms

漢字 kanji used

repress, well 7画