for the first time;  only after ... is it ...;  only when ... do you ...;  first time;  (one's) first
 How do you do?;  I am glad to meet you
 beginning;  start;  first (in line, etc.);  origin;  such as ...;  not to mention ...
 for the first time in one's life
 at first;  in the beginning;  originally
 first;  firstly;  first of all;  Introduction;  Preface
 at first;  initially;  in the beginning
 commencing with;  including
 (it was) not until;  (it was) only when
 at first;  at the outset;  to begin with;  as a first step
 beginning of the (fiscal) year
 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
 New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction