しょっぱな

noun

very beginning; start; outset

Colloquial noun emphasizing the very first moment or earliest stage of something. Often used in phrases like しょっぱなから (from the very start) or しょっぱなに (at the very beginning).

• しょっぱなからつまずいてしまった。

  I stumbled right from the very beginning.

• 会かい議ぎのしょっぱなに大だい事じな発はっ表ぴょうがあった。

  There was an important announcement at the very start of the meeting.