箸休め

はしやすめ

small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

初め

ぞめ はじめ

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

箸

はし

chopsticks

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

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