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.)

咲き初める

さきそめる

to begin to blossom

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

出初め

でぞめ

debut

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

弾き

はじき

player (of music, instrument, etc.)

初鳴き

はつなき

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

見初める

みそめる

to fall in love at first sight