Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) と​うしょ [tóꜜòshò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

当初 ‎(hiragana とうしょ, romaji tōsho)

1. the initial, the beginning, the original, at first
   • 1946, 伊丹万作, わが妻の記:

     結婚 (けっこん)当初 (とうしょ)の半年 (はんとし)くらいは、晩飯 (ばんめし)の食卓 (しょくたく)に料理 (りょうり)が十品 (じゅっぴん)くらい並 (なら)んでいた。

     Kekkon tōsho no hantoshi-kurai wa, banmeshi no shokutaku ni ryōri ga juppin-kurai narande ita.

     For about the first six months after we were married, there were about ten dishes on the dinner table every night.

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3