初月

しょげつ

first lunar month

月初

げっしょ

beginning of the month

初霜月

はつしもづき

tenth lunar month

夏初月

なつはづき

4th month of the lunar calendar

初め

ぞめ はじめ

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

仕初め

しぞめ

outset, beginning, starting (things)

初めて

はじめて

for the first time

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

月極め

つきぎめ

monthly (e.g. fee paid monthly for a parking lot), monthly contract

見初める

みそめる

to fall in love at first sight

買い初め

かいぞめ かいはじめ

first purchase of the year

弾き初め

ひきぞめ

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year