How to say the first step is the hardest. in Japanese
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初め初め(hajime) (suf) first doing of ...のの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question一歩一歩(ippo) (n-adv,n-t) step/level/stage/small degree/small amountがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and唯一唯一(yuiitsu) (adj-no,adv) only/sole/uniqueのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question難関難関(nankan) (n) barrier/obstacle/difficulty/hurdle/deadlock。。(。) Japanese period "."
