初心|しょしんshoshin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounone's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm
   初心しょしんを貫徹かんてつしたらどうですか。↗

   Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?
2. no-adjective, na-adjectiveinexperience; naivety; greenness

• Related初々しいういういしいNeutralAn adjective for someone green and pure, as in 「初々しい新入社員」; it stresses freshness, while the うぶ reading of 「初心」 stresses lack of worldly experience.
• Related初いうぶいCasualColloquial adjective for someone naive and green; synonymous with 「初心」 read 「うぶ」, but used less often.
• Antonym熟練じゅくれんNeutralProficiency gained through long experience, as in 「熟練工」; it is the direct opposite of 「初心」.
• AntonymベテランNeutralA veteran, an old hand with long experience in a field, as in 「ベテラン選手」; the opposite of 「初心」.

「初心」 read しょしん means one's original intention or beginner status (「初心者」, 「初心忘るべからず」); read うぶ, it means naive and unsophisticated (「うぶな人」). For a fresh, green quality use 「初々しい」; 「初い」 is a colloquial match for the うぶ sense. 「熟練」 and 「ベテラン」 are its opposites.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 思い立おもいたった当初とうしょの純粋じゅんすいな気持きもち。
2. 物事ものごとの習ならい始はじめ。