しょしん

初 心

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one's original intention, one's initial enthusiasm

    • 初心を貫徹したらどうですか。
      Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    inexperience, naivety, greenness