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

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

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

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

馴れ初め

なれそめ

start of a romance, beginning of love

出初め式

でぞめしき

New Year firefighters' event

渡り初め

わたりぞめ

bridge-opening ceremony, first crossing of a bridge

年度初め

ねんどはじめ

beginning of the (fiscal) year

歩き初め

あるきぞめ

opening something to pedestrians, e.g. a new bridge