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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.)

① 小鳥や虫の、とくにホトトギスの、その年またはその季節最初の鳴き声。春の季語。

① 初の恋。生まれて初めてする恋。

① 初の恋。生まれて初めてする恋。

① 冬になって初めて降る雪。② 冬着用の襲。表は白色、裏は少し暗い白色または紅梅。

① 秋の初め。新秋。孟秋。

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

① 初めて耳にすること。また、その話。

early summer

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

① 春の初め。新年。新春。初春。新年の季語。

① その季節に初めて咲く花。② その草木に初めて咲く花。③ その春に初めて咲く花。④ その年に初めて咲く桜。⑤ 十七歳、十八歳頃の若い女性。⑥ 初潮。

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

first shrine visit of New Year

① 冬の初め。陰暦十月の異称。

for the first time

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

① 元旦の太陽。初日の出。

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

① その年の秋から冬にかけ初めて降る霜。

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

① 季節初めに吹く風。特に初秋の風。