JLPT N3 · Trains & buses

始発

しはつ

first train

Stroke order of 始発

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

始 · 8 strokes発 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

The departure (発) at the start (始) of the day.

Parts: 始 begin + 発 depart

Example sentence

始発で会社へ行く。

しはつでかいしゃへいく。

I go to work on the first train.

Words with 始

始めるto begin (sth)始まるto begin; to start 年始start of the year

Words with 発

発音pronunciation 発表announcement; presentation 出発departure 発車departure (vehicle)発熱fever 発言statement; remark 発行issue; publication 発見discovery 発明invention 開発development 発電power generation

More words: Trains & buses

乗客passenger 運賃fare 定期券commuter pass 改札ticket gate 時刻表timetable 終電last train 各駅停車local train 快速rapid train 路線route; line 車内inside the car 満員full; packed 発車departure (vehicle)乗り越すto ride past one's stop

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