出初式

でぞめしき

New Year firefighters' event

出初め

でぞめ

debut

初出

しょしゅつ

first appearance

初め

ぞめ はじめ

first doing of... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)

初出品

はつしゅっぴん

selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time

初出場

はつしゅつじょう

debut

仕初め

しぞめ

outset, beginning, starting (things)

初めて

はじめて

for the first time

月初め

つきはじめ

beginning of month

鍬初め

くわはじめ

New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

初めに

はじめに

first, firstly, first of all, to begin with, in the beginning, at the beginning

仮初め

かりそめ こうしょ かりはじめ

temporary, transient

着初め

きぞめ

first wearing (of new clothes)

為初め

しそめ ためはじめ

outset, beginning

初める

そめる

to begin to

箸初め

はしぞめ

weaning ceremony

初日の出

はつひので

first sunrise (of New Year)

出陣式

しゅつじんしき

ceremony held before going into battle

見初める

みそめる

to fall in love at first sight