Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 頭文字(かしらもじ) in Japanese

頭文字
Kana Reading
かしらもじ
Romaji
kashiramoji
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    initials; initialism
    Example sentence
    「あなたはたしか・・・えーと、えーと・・・も」「頭文字から間違っとるわい！！」 Let's see, you're ... er, um ... M- "You're wrong from the first letter!!"
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    first letter of a word
    Example sentence
    恋人たちは自分たちの頭文字をかしの木に刻んだ。 The lovers engraved the oak tree with their initials.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    acronym
    Example sentence
    頭文字のＮＴＴは何を表していますか。 What do the initials NTT stand for?
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    capital letter
    Example sentence
    ＵＳＡと言う頭文字はアメリカ合衆国を意味する。 The initials USA stand for the United States of America.

Examples of 頭文字, かしらもじ in a sentence

Kanji in this word

字 JLPT 4

6 strokes

character, letter, word, section of village

On'Yomi: ジ

Kun'Yomi: あざ, あざな, -な

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頭 JLPT 4

16 strokes

head, counter for large animals

On'Yomi: トウ, ズ, ト

Kun'Yomi: あたま, かしら, -がしら, かぶり

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文 JLPT 4

4 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

On'Yomi: ブン, モン

Kun'Yomi: ふみ, あや

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