start;  commencement;  beginning;  initiation
 management;  dealing with;  course of events;  circumstances;  end result (usu. bad);  outcome
 founder;  originator;  pioneer
 beginning and end;  doing something from beginning to end;  being unchanged from beginning to end;  from beginning to end;  the whole time
 settlement (of affairs);  remedial measures;  cleaning up afterwards
 full particulars;  the whole story;  from beginning to end
 continuously;  from beginning to end;  from first to last
 opening ceremony (of the school term)
 starting (machine, engine, car, etc.);  activation
 origin;  beginning;  genesis;  primeval;  primordial;  primitive
 omission;  failure;  incompleteness;  irregularity;  mismanagement;  misconduct
 beginning of the game;  kickoff;  face-off
 start of work;  commencement;  opening
 New Year's holiday;  period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
 first departure (of the day);  first train;  first bus;  departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
 beginning of the year;  new year;  New Year's call;  New Year's greetings
 written explanation;  written apology
 start;  origin;  beginnings
 creation;  founding;  initiating
 hard to deal with;  hard to handle;  difficult;  trying;  intractable;  incorrigible
 point of departure;  initial point;  starting point
 opening time;  starting time of work
 start of broadcast;  commencement of transmission;  sign-on
 consistently;  unchangingly;  throughout
 primeval forest;  virgin forest
 Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
 pre-sectarian Buddhism;  the earliest Buddhism;  original Buddhism
 beginninglessness; (arch.)  distant past
 early Christianity;  1st and 2nd century Christianity
 Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
 everlastingness;  eternity
 Archaeopteryx;  extinct genus of early birds
 start day for military operation;  departure day;  D-Day
 starting price;  ask price;  ask;  suggested opening price
 undergo a complete change;  turn over a new leaf
 beginning period;  initial term
 primitive community;  primitive (communist) society
 the early church;  the primitive church
 start codon;  initiation codon
 start of heading;  start of header;  SOH
 beginning tag;  starting tag;  opening tag
 origin (of an artery, nerve, etc.);  starting point
 Festival of Origins (January 3)
 source module;  compilation unit
 source element type (of a link)
 first character position of line
 source document type (of a link)