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first; new

first love; puppy love

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

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

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

first shrine visit of New Year

first warbling heard in a New Year

(for the) first time in one's life

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

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

world-first

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

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

first child

debut; first appearance

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

first (of its kind) in Japan

first meeting; first contest between

first grandchild

debut

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

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

debut; initial stage appearance

first challenge; first try

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)

first dream of the year

first childbirth

debut; opening; first public exhibition

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

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

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

first championship win (esp. sumo)

the first bonito of the season

maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

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

first frost of the year

New Year's Day sunrise

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

first (written) contribution

the industry's first ...

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

for the first time

baby's first annual festival

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

first meeting

first laugh of the year

first sound of cicadas of the year

first chrysanthemum of the year

first cargo of the year

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

first ski of the season; first ski run

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

maiden voyage

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

first cherry blossom of the year

first tea ceremony of New Year

first role

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

base fare for a bus or train or taxi

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

first shrine visit of the New Year

first victory

first snow to settle on a mountain

crow cawing on New Year's Day

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

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

first bath of the year

first market of the year

first tournament for a wrestler

wearing something for the first time

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

to eat something for the first time in the season

first ice of winter

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

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

first Serpent day of the year

first cockcrowing of the year

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

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

first fruits

first birthday

first day of the second month

sky on New Year's morning

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

first page of a renga or renku

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

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

going shopping on January 2

tenth lunar month

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

traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima

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

first fish of the year

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 young greens of the year

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

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