初歩の初歩

しょほのしょほ

absolute basics; very rudiments

初歩

しょほ

basics, rudiments, elements, ABCs of...

初歩的

しょほてき

elementary, basic, rudimentary

弾き初め

ひきぞめ

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

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

歩き詰め

walking without rest; walking continuously

歩き始め

あるきはじめ

starting to walk

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

歩き始める

あるきはじめる

to begin to walk, to set out

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)