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① 初の恋。生まれて初めてする恋。

① 初めて耳にすること。また、その話。

(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

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。

(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

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。

world-first

① 秋の初め。新秋。孟秋。

① 冬の初め。陰暦十月の異称。

debut; first appearance

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

first (of its kind) in Japan

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

① 春の初め。新年。新春。初春。新年の季語。

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

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first shrine visit of New Year

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

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 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

① その年の秋から冬にかけ初めて降る霜。

① 元旦の太陽。初日の出。

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

first meeting

first laugh of the year

first cargo of the year

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

first shrine visit of New Year

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

first role

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

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

first shrine visit of the New Year

first victory

first snow to settle on a mountain

first ski of the season; first ski run

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

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

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

first cockcrowing of the year

wearing something for the first time

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

first page of a renga or renku

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

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

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

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 young greens of the year

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

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。