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first Serpent day of the year

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

first warbling heard in a New Year

first love; puppy love

first love; puppy love

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

early autumn (fall)

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

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

early summer

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

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

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

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

first shrine visit of New Year

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

for the first time

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

New Year's Day sunrise

debut; initial stage appearance

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

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

first grandchild

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

first dream of the year

first moon of the month; new moon

first role

world-first

debut; first appearance

first (of its kind) in Japan

first (of its kind) in Japan

first meeting; first contest between

debut

first challenge; first try

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first cockcrowing of the year

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

first frost of the year

first championship win (esp. sumo)

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 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 meeting

first laugh of the year

first cargo of the year

first ski of the season; first ski run

maiden voyage

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

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

first snow to settle on a mountain

first victory

first shrine visit of the New Year

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

first tournament for a wrestler

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

first market of the year

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

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

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

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

wearing something for the first time

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

first birthday

sky on New Year's morning

first fruits

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

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

first fish of the year

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

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

first young greens of the year

first day of the second month

first page of a renga or renku

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

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

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

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

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