掃き溜め

はきだめ

rubbish heap, garbage dump

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

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.)

掃き集める

はきあつめる

to sweep up together

掃き清める

はききよめる

to sweep clean, to brush clean

掃き掃除

はきそうじ

sweeping and cleaning

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