咲き始める

さきはじめる

to begin blooming

初める

そめる

to begin to

弾き初め

ひきぞめ

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

歩き初め

あるきぞめ

opening something to pedestrians, e.g. a new bridge

掃き初め

はきぞめ

first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2); first sweeping

書き初め

かきぞめ

first calligraphy of the year

初め

ぞめ はじめ

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

見初める

みそめる

to fall in love at first sight

為初める

しそめる ためそめる

to begin to do

咲き誇る

さきほこる

to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom

咲き渡る

さきわたる

to bloom over a wide area

咲き残る

さきのこる

to bloom late, to remain in bloom

恋い初める

こいそめる

to begin to love

明け初める

あけそめる

to dawn

知り初める

しりそめる

to begin to know, to know for the first time

初めとする

はじめとする

comencing with, including

咲き乱れる

さきみだれる

to bloom in profusion

仕初め

しぞめ

outset, beginning, starting (things)

初めて

はじめて

for the first time