始業式

しぎょうしき

opening ceremony (of the school term)

落球式

らっきゅうしき

"drop ball type"

ラ式蹴球

ラしきしゅうきゅう

rugby

米式蹴球

American football

ア式蹴球

アしきしゅうきゅう

association football, soccer

軟式野球

なんしきやきゅう

softball

軟式庭球

なんしきていきゅう

softball tennis

硬式野球

こうしきやきゅう

regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball)

球

きゅう たま

counter for balls

始点

してん

point of departure, initial point, starting point

始電

しでん

first train

始値

はじめね はじね

opening (stock-market) quotation

始発

しはつ

first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.), first train, first bus

原始

げんし

origin, primeval

始終

しじゅう

continuously, from beginning to end, from first to last

始め

はじめ

beginning, start, outset, opening

始祖

しそ

founder, originator, pioneer

元始

げんし

origin

無始

むし むはじめ

the remote beginnings