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

beginning; outset; first; onset

first; new

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

first day; opening day

first meeting; first interview with

from the beginning

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

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

for the first time in one's life

beginner

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

at first; in the beginning; originally

first generation; founder

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

first love; puppy love

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

first match (in a series)

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated

(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

first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start

first championship win (esp. sumo)

origin; source; beginning; starting point

first shrine visit of the New Year

one's first campaign; one's first battle

to begin to

one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; inexperience; naivety; greenness

debut; first appearance

elementary; basic; rudimentary

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

first attack; first strike; first blow

basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...

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

elementary; primary

bridal night; first night; first watch of the night

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

inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive

world's first; first in the world

first meeting

beginning (of a century, etc.)

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

(for the) first time in one's life

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

at first; initially; in the beginning

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

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

first 10 days of the month

first trial; first hearing

commencing with; including

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

(very) beginning; start

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

first edition

initialization (of a variable); initialisation; formatting (a disk); initialization; initialization (of a device); (factory) reset

start of a romance; beginning of love

initial stage

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

first meeting; first contest between

first (of its kind) in Japan

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

initial velocity

pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

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

first tournament for a wrestler

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

first challenge; first try

debut; first appearance

first appearance

initial budget; original budget

initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary

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

absolute basics; very rudiments

(very) beginning; start

first year; initial (year)

first grandchild

first warbling heard in a New Year

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

menarche; first menstruation

debut; initial stage appearance

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first performance; premiere

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

initial investment

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

elementary course

first offence; first offense; first offender; first-time offender

initial state; initial condition

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

early symptom

carrying out one's original intention

first edition (book)

initial response

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

initial medical examination; first visit (to a doctor, clinic, hospital, etc.)

first draft; first proof

maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

first marriage

first child

initial costs; up-front costs; front-end costs; start-up costs

first childbirth

initial value; initial condition; IV; initializing value; default value

first calligraphy of the year

one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim

elementary education; primary education

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

first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (arch.) dream on the night of setsubun

initial investigation (by police)

first shrine visit of the New Year

early; primitive; primordial

first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan

beginning of the year

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

wedding night

first snow to settle on a mountain

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

first victory

start of a romance; beginning of love

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

beginner; novice; neophyte

first kiss

beginning of the month

at first; initially; in the beginning

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

first frost of the year

origin; beginning; start

first appointment (to a post)

inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive

base fare (for a train, bus, etc.); minimum fare; starting fare

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

new or raw recruit

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

beginning of the (fiscal) year

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

first ski of the season; first ski run

(for the) first time this year

the first bonito of the season

novice driver mark; beginner symbol; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

first Bon Festival following the death of a family member

first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); base fare; minimum fare

New Year firefighters' event

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

first ice of winter

initial defect

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

start; first departure

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

to begin to grow light; to dawn

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

beginning student; beginner

to begin to blossom

start; beginning; first step; clue

starting salary; initial payment

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

the industry's first ...

bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge

first trip of the year

first (written) contribution; first post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

first tea ceremony of New Year

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

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

meeting for the first time; first meeting

beginning of the world

original intention

first proof; first-proof sheets

(not even) for a moment; (not) even in the slightest degree; (not) on any account; at any rate; at the very least; putting everything else aside

firstborn; first-produced; newborn

beginning; origin; start

fee for an initial medical examination

beginning of the month

to begin to know; to know for the first time

early Christianity; ante-Nicene era Christianity

start of a period (esp. financial); beginning of a term

baby's first annual festival

first-time; initial

first laugh of the year

elementary school student; primary school student

menarche; first menstruation

for the first time

first market of the year

okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant

(not even) for a moment; (not) even in the slightest degree; (not) on any account; at any rate; at the very least; putting everything else aside

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

first cargo of the year

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

initial value

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

innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

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

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

first publication

first sound of cicadas of the year

colostrum; foremilk; first milk

initializer

baby's first annual festival

first calligraphy of the year

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

volume one; first volume

first report; initial report; first news

primary (feathers); primaries; first row; first rank; front line

New Year firefighters' event

(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated

first chrysanthemum of the year

opening screen

beginning and intermediate

first shrine visit of the New Year

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

(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)

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

base fare (for a bus, train, taxi, etc.); minimum fare

the first bonito of the season

maiden voyage

gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

first screening; preview of movie

red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake); hatsutake mushroom

primipara; woman giving birth for the first time

beginning of an epoch; initial period

primacy effect

first generation; founder

elementary function

initial response

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

the first bonito of the season

first offender; first-time offender

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

first flight; maiden voyage; first letter; first correspondence

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 cherry blossom of the year

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

first role

elementary mathematics

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

first off; first thing

New Year's Day sunrise

first fruits

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

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

prime meridian

first shrine visit of the New Year

volume one; first volume

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

initial clinical training (two-year postgraduate residency for new doctors)

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

debut

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

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

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

beginning of the month

first translation

first ski of the season; first ski run

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

crow cawing on New Year's Day

newborn baby

crow cawing on New Year's Day

first bath of the year

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

first calligraphy of the year

innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated

incunabulum

okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant

beginning

first strong wind of autumn

wearing something for the first time

comic sumo performance

first birthday

initial failure

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

wearing something for the first time

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

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

to eat something for the first time in the season

yearly high (stocks)

first fruits

to begin to know; to know for the first time

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

initial program

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)

base fare (for a train, bus, etc.); minimum fare; starting fare

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 word (of an infant)

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

okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant

first cherry blossom of the year

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

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 shrine visit of the New Year

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

blackening brittlegill (Russula nigricans)

okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant

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

to eat something for the first time in the season

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

initial choice

initial investment cost

first trial

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

initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

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

first year of Meiji era

going shopping on January 2

weaning ceremony

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

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)

beginner driver plate; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars

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

reinitialization

first-run limited edition production recording

first-run limited edition technical recording

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

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

first in history

elementary geometry

learning something new; studying for the first time

earliest stage; very beginning; earliest phase; earliest days

beginner-friendly; (intended) for beginners; aimed at beginners

first house-cleaning of the year (on January 2); first sweeping

elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

dying with the first safflower of the year

dying with the first safflower of the year

Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703); The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (play by Chikamatsu)