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beginning; outset; first; onset

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

first; new

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

first meeting; first interview with

first day; opening day

from the beginning

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

for the first time in one's life

early (days); initial stage; initial

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

at first; in the beginning; originally

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

beginner

first love; puppy love

first generation; founder

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial

first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only

elementary level; beginner level

from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through

beginning; start

first match (in a series)

origin; source; beginning; starting point

one's first campaign; one's first battle

original intention; initial resolution

to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time

elementary; basic; rudimentary

first shrine visit of New Year

to begin to

basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...

first night; first watch of the night; bridal night

elementary; primary

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

(for the) first time in one's life

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

beginning (of a century, etc.)

at first; initially; in the beginning

first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job

innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

commencing with; including

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

(very) beginning; start

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

first edition

early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar

initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting

start of a romance; beginning of love

world-first

first 10 days of the month

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

initial velocity

first appearance

default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation

debut; first appearance

initial stage

first warbling heard in a New Year

(very) beginning; start

absolute basics; very rudiments

menarche; first menstruation

first (of its kind) in Japan

debut

first meeting; first contest between

first grandchild

first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

first year; early years (of a reign or era)

first challenge; first try

first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin

first championship win (esp. sumo)

first year; initial (year)

first offence; first offense; first offender

initial salary

debut; initial stage appearance

initial state

initial investment

the earliest

first performance

carrying out one's original intention

first edition (book)

first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type

elementary course

initial symptom

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

first draft; first proof

pitcher's first pitch (to batter)

first marriage

first child

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first childbirth

original intention

initial value; initializing value; default value

elementary education

first dream of the year

early; primitive; primordial

founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member

initial investigation (by police)

wedding night

memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

winning one's first election; being elected for the first time

first shrine visit of New Year

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)

beginning of month

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

first meeting

beginner; novice; neophyte

initial medical examination

at first; initially; in the beginning

first calligraphy of the year

maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)

the earliest

new or raw recruit

first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood

to win one's first battle (game, match)

first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

the first bonito of the season

beginning of the year

sticker for new car drivers (green and yellow)

New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)

first frost of the year

innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-

early failure

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur

start; first departure

starting salary; initial payment

to begin to blossom

beginning student; beginner

we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from

first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone; starting fare; base fare

to begin to grow light; to dawn

beginning of the (fiscal) year

learning (a subject) for the first time; start of one's study

beginning of the world

first appointment (to a post)

the industry's first ...

original intention

meeting for the first time; first meeting

first (written) contribution

initial budget; original budget

beginning; origin; start

first proof; first-proof sheets

first tournament for a wrestler

early Christianity; ante-Nicene era Christianity

firstborn; first-produced; newborn

first-time; initial

weaning ceremony

first month of the lunar calendar; first month; first moon of the month; new moon

menarche; first menstruation

for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)

to begin to know; to know for the first time

first laugh of the year

first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)

the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect

first publication

initial response

baby's first annual festival

innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

first sound of cicadas of the year

initializer

for the first time

first calligraphy of the year

baby's first annual festival

volume one; first volume

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

baby's first steps; celebration of a baby's first steps; opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)

first cargo of the year

(arch.) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)

first chrysanthemum of the year

ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony

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

colostrum; foremilk; first milk

innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh

first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year; initial share price during a public offering

primacy effect

maiden voyage

first victory

elementary function

New Year firefighters' event

primipara

New Year firefighters' event

beginning of an epoch; initial period

opening screen

first ski of the season; first ski run

first cherry blossom of the year

first term (e.g. of sequence); initial term

first shrine visit of New Year

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

the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono

first screening; preview of movie

first tea ceremony of New Year

selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time

first offender

elementary mathematics

first off; first thing

the first bonito of the season

first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)

first role

base fare for a bus or train or taxi

bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

prime meridian

debut

first snow to settle on a mountain

volume one; first volume

initial response

gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

first shrine visit of the New Year

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

to win one's first battle (game, match)

setting in motion the wheel of the dharma; the first turning of the wheel

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead

(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

New Year's Day sunrise

first ski of the season; first ski run

incunabulum

first calligraphy of the year

crow cawing on New Year's Day

first market of the year

first translation

first ice of winter

first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)

fee for an initial medical examination

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season

newborn baby

crow cawing on New Year's Day

first bath of the year

initial value

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

first word (of an infant)

beginning

wearing something for the first time

outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

first bath of the year; first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)

innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

initial program

New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

to eat something for the first time in the season

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

weaning ceremony

first Serpent day of the year

first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)

to begin to blossom

first cockcrowing of the year

we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from

first print (run); first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)

weaning ceremony

to begin to know; to know for the first time

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

first cherry blossom of the year

selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time

selling something for the first time; item on sale for the first time

first train (of the day); first telegram (about a particular topic)

first shrine visit of the New Year

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

to eat something for the first time in the season

wearing something for the first time

to begin to do

outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

weaning ceremony

founding member (of a music group, etc.); initial member

outset; beginning

initial choice

initial investment cost

first trial

first birthday

to begin to love

sky on New Year's morning

first wearing (of new clothes)

first shopping of the year; first purchase of the year

first fruits

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

first watch of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)

first year of Meiji era

comic sumo performance

going shopping on January 2

weaning ceremony

incipient tuberculosis; initial-stage tuberculosis

first Day of the Rat of the New Year; first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

early endosome

original activity identifier

initial default

initialization code

initialization section

initial failure

initial condition mode; reset mode

block data program unit

initial point

initial link set

first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)

sticker for new car drivers (green and yellow)

first-time adoption; initial application (e.g. of a new technology)

reinitialization

primitive element (of a finite field)

yearly high (stocks)

first-run limited edition production recording

first-run limited edition technical recording

first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn)

first fish of the year

tenth lunar month

4th month of the lunar calendar

pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time; first menstruation

scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year

first eastern wind of the year; first eastern wind of the spring

first young greens of the year

first day of the second month

Initial parts; first article; first off-tool parts (from a manufacturing process)

first page of a renga or renku

being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time; visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant); ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master

first apprenticeship

initial ratio

first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp

chicken sexer

chicken sexer

first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence

traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima