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：2026/01/12
書初
Hiragana
かきぞめ
Kanji
書き初め
Noun
Japanese Meaning
新年になって初めて行う書道（筆で文字を書くこと）。特に元日や正月に、その年の抱負や詩歌などを半紙に書く行事。 / 転じて、その年に初めて書いた書（作品）そのものを指すこともある。
Easy Japanese Meaning
あたらしいとしのはじめに、ふでではじめてかみにじをかくしゅうかん。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
新年首次写书法 / 年初第一次挥毫 / 新年开笔
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
新年開始所寫的第一幅書法 / 在新年進行的首次書寫儀式 / 元旦初次下筆的書法作品
Korean Meaning
새해에 처음으로 쓰는 서예 / 정초에 하는 첫 서예 행사
Indonesian
kaligrafi pertama yang ditulis pada awal tahun / tradisi Jepang menulis kaligrafi di awal tahun baru / upacara menulis kaligrafi perdana di tahun baru
Vietnamese Meaning
việc viết thư pháp đầu năm / bài thư pháp đầu tiên của năm / lễ viết thư pháp đầu năm
Tagalog Meaning
unang kaligrapiya sa simula ng taon / ritwal na pagsulat ng kaligrapiya tuwing Bagong Taon
Sense（1）
kakizome, or the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year
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kakizome, or the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year
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書初
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The New Year's kakizome is the start of my year.
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新年の書初めは、私の一年のスタートです。
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