サイショ
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. beginning; outset; first; onset
Pitch accent
サ
イショ
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
first off; first thing
Examples (133 in total)
Let's begin at the beginning.
I'll go first.
He came first.
Why don't you try it again from the beginning?
Turn right at the first traffic light.
It was easier than it seemed at first glance.
I was very nervous at first.
At first, she thought it was a joke.
The first attack missed the target.
When did you see them first?
The first season of the year is spring.
We must finish our homework first.
Sunday is the first day of the week.
Our first class is math.
Is Sunday the first day of the week?
The undertaking was a failure from the beginning.
The first month of the year is January.
At first, I couldn't swim by myself.
My first guess was wide off the mark.
Tom was the first to be fired.
At first, I thought it was the name of a place in Hokkaido.
The first batter was caught out.
Nancy was the first girl to come.
Let's draw lots to decide who goes first.
The Industrial Revolution took place first in England.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.
First, he finished his thesis.
He went to a fruit store first.
Kunihiko hit the target with his first shot.
That's what I said all along.
He didn't like her at first.
This was her first job.
I knew all along that he was telling a lie.
That was the first time that a man walked on the moon.
She didn't like the horse at first.
Please tell me what I should do first.
At first, I failed the test.
At first, I mistook him for your brother.
What is your earliest memory from childhood?
What is the first novel that was written in Japanese?
We learned what we should do first.
They were pleased at the birth of their first child.
Our first lesson today is English.
After our first attack, the enemy fled.
At first, I couldn't play the guitar.
At first, he sounded very sincere.
Turn left at the first light.
Wow, we're finally in Paris. Where should we visit first?
Do you know when the first parliament came into being?
He was the first man to land on the moon.
Why did you leave out the first question on the exam?
The first electronic computer was produced in our country in 1941.
They were the first to get into the bus.
And began my first letter to Terry Tate.
Betty was the first girl who came to the party.
The first thing you have to take into consideration is time.
Take the first turn to right and then go straight on.
I'll come to Boston the first weekend in October.
It was the first gold medal that she had won.
He was the first man to float in space.
You must carry out your first plan.
He intended to reexamine the case from the beginning.
The first colonizers of the United States of America were the English and French.
He was the first man that climbed Mount Everest.
This is the first time I have seen a Spielberg movie.
The first electric calculator came into existence toward the end of the 19th century.
Frederic Chopin wrote his first composition when he was seven years old.
Do the first example in your workbook.
Do you know who conquered Mt. Everest first?
The first printing machine was invented by Gutenberg.
At first, I didn't know what to do.
I was the first one to do that.
They did not know what to do first.
I couldn't understand him at first.
She remembered the first day she went to school.
Should I have asked you first?
She asked me who had arrived first.
Which city are you going to visit first?
First of all, let's look at this famous picture.
I thought that we would be good friends from the beginning.
I skipped the first few pages of the book.
I've managed to finish the first three chapters so far.
Your name stands first in the list.
You only have to answer the first question.
She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old.
He hit the center of the target with his first shot.
It is probable that her first album will sell well.
I was called into the office first.
It was the first time that I visited the museum.
Tom was the first person to enter the cave.
Tom didn't speak French when I first met him.
At first, they were all convinced he was innocent.
He was the first to jump into the world of computers at our company.
At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook.
Tom was the first one to recognize Mary's musical talent.
The first item is a motion proposed by the Education Committee.
Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.
I remember the day when we first met.
First of all, I must say this.
We should have been fully aware of this risk all along.
He is the first to come and the last to leave at any party.
We should determine what is to be done first.
At first he hated her but gradually came to love her.
He asked the first person he met near the village.
No one knows when such a custom first came into existence.
The first thing that caught his eye was a fingerprint on the glass.
The first thing we did was look at the pandas.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
First, I'd like to examine the catalyst used in this experiment.
They have decided to stick to the original plan after all.
He was the first man to climb Mt. Fuji in winter.
She had a daughter by her first husband.
The idea seemed absurd at first.
The first minutes after a heart attack are very important.
Armstrong was the first man to reach the moon.
Soccer played throughout the world today is closest to the original football.
My first task was to screen out unqualified applicants.
The first word of every sentence should be capitalized.
It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
On hearing the news of the birth of his first child, he jumped for joy.
Which of these three books would you recommend that I read first?
This is a picture of the first train that ran between Tokyo and Yokohama.
At first, the boy didn't pay much attention to my advice.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands.
This area was first settled by the Dutch more than two hundred years ago.
It was clear that Hawking would live longer than was first thought.
As a new father, I gave my first child plenty of books.
When they had their first baby, they had been married for 10 years.
What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.
The first thing I want to do tomorrow is to find a good part-time job.
He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.
The student who finishes an examination first does not necessarily get the best grade.