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始発

しはつ

shihatsu

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始発 · first departure (of the day)

始発 is read しはつ (shihatsu) and means first departure (of the day); first train; first bus.

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Reading and meaning: JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Attributions