Shoshin

初心 (Shoshin) is a Japanese noun meaning “one's original intention, one's initial enthusiasm, inexperience, naivety”.

Meanings

  1. nounone's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm
  2. noun, adjectival noun, na-adjectiveinexperience; naivety; greenness

Examples

  • Why don't you carry out what you've set out to do?

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 初心

first timeheart

Related words

worrymindheartto begin tobeginningpeace of mindheartfirsthaving in mindfrom the bottom of one's heartcenteressential