文法: Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ かわきりに, 皮切りに (kawakirini) ]

かわきりに, 皮切りに (kawakirini) - beginning of, starting with


--- Examples ---
冗談をかわきりに話をする。
introduce the speech with a joke.

「私の経験では」のような言葉を皮切りに話しを始めなさい。
Begin statements with openers like, 'In my experience, ...',

札幌をかわきりに全国５箇所でセミナーを開催いたします。
Starting from Sapporo, we hold seminars at five places across the contry.


--- Comments ---
For #5720, Wo Hajime sounds more natural... (contributor: SARIRU)

It may be so but the meaning is the same. kawakiri maybe used rather in
speech or in written form. (contributor: Miki)

#3536 冗談をかわきりに話をする is a bit odd. 話をする
shold be changed to 話を始める.
(contributor: bambo4)

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