Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 心初, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. FUU-ṘE-SHUU [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 心 (fure) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 初 (sshu) meaning "beginning, start, first". Other kanji combinations are possible. Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the word fresh.