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Pronunciation
"初め( はじめ ) の 者( もの ) たち "の 第( だい ) 一( いち ) 陣( じん )
初め (ぞめ) (suf) (after the -masu stem of a verb) first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) [EDICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 者 (しゃ) (n,suf) someone of that nature; someone doing that work [EDICT] (もの(P);もん) (n) person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier); (P) [EDICT] (zhě, ㄓㄜˇ ) -ist, -er (person); person (who does sth) [CE-DICT] たち (裁ち) (n) cutting; cut [EDICT] (質) (n) quality; nature (of person) [EDICT] (達) (suf) pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific); (P) [EDICT] (立ち) (n) stand; (P) [EDICT] 第 (だい) (n,pref) ordinal [EDICT] (dì, ㄉㄧˋ ) (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc) [CE-DICT] 一 (いち(P);ひと) (num,pref) (1) (ひと when a prefix) one; (suf) (2) (いち only) best in; the most (...) in (where an adjective follows); (P) [EDICT] (yī, ㄧ ) one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout [CE-DICT] 陣 (じん) (n) battle formation; camp; encampment [EDICT] (zhèn, ㄓㄣˋ ) disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration [CE-DICT]
