お初

おはつ

doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.)

お食い初め

おくいぞめ

weaning ceremony

お聞きいただく

おききいただく

to ask (politely)

良いお年をお迎えください

よいおとしをおむかえください

have a happy New Year

初おろし

はつおろし

wearing something for the first time

初い

うぶい

innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

お願いを聞く

おねがいをきく

to grant someone's request

良い年をお迎えください

よいとしをおむかえください

have a happy New Year

くだを巻く

くだをまく

to babble in one's cups; to ramble drunkenly

お初徳兵衛

おはつとくべえ

Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703)

初日を出す

しょにちをだす

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

初陣を飾る

ういじんをかざる

to win one's first battle (game, match)

お含みおきください

おふくみおきください

please understand that...; please bear in mind that...

初買い

はつがい

going shopping on January 2nd

初商い

はつあきない

first sale of the year, first trade of the year

初笑い

はつわらい

first laugh of the year

初

はつ うい うぶ

innocent, naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears

おいた

childish prank, mischief

おたつく

オタつく

to be flustered