好こう発はっ進しん

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Meanings

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noun

good start; strong start

Used for a favorable beginning in sports, business, projects, or other endeavors. Often appears in news or commentary contexts.

新しんチームは好こう発はっ進しんを切きった。
The new team got off to a good start.
今こん期きの売うり上あげは好こう発はっ進しんだ。
This quarter's sales are off to a strong start.

Kanji

好fond, pleasing, like something
発departure, discharge, publish
進advance, proceed, progress

Similar words

好こうスタート
Similar meaning, but 好スタート is a hybrid word using the English loanword スタート, while 好発進 uses the Sino-Japanese 発進.
滑すべり出だし
Also means 'start' or 'beginning', but 滑り出し is more general and can be used in phrases like 滑り出しは好調 (a smooth start), while 好発進 explicitly means a good start.

Etymology

Compound of 好 (good) and 発進 (start, departure). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of combining 好 with a noun to mean 'good X'.