手始めに

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

始め

はじめ

beginning, start, outset, opening

出始め

ではじめ

first appearance (of the season)

事始め

ことはじめ

taking up a new line of work, the beginning of things

姫始め

ひめはじめ

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

見始め

みはじめ

seeing for the first time, first sight

始める

はじめる

to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate

始めは

はじめは

at first, in the beginning, originally

集め始める

あつめはじめる

to begin to catch (attention, etc.), to begin to collect

歌会始め

うたかいはじめ かかいはじめ

annual New Year's poetry reading

始めから

はじめから

from the beginning

出始める

ではじめる

to begin to appear, to begin to come in

仕事始め

しごとはじめ

resuming work after the New Year's vacation, first time that one works in the year

御用始め

ごようはじめ

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4)

弓場始め

ゆばはじめ

ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)

ボリューム始めラベル

ボリュームはじめラベル

beginning-of-volume label

ファイル始めラベル

ファイルはじめラベル

beginning-of-file label

し始める

しはじめる

to begin, to start

歩き始め

あるきはじめ

starting to walk