beginning;  outset;  first;  onset
 for the first time;  only after ... is it ...;  only when ... do you ...;  first time;  (one's) first
 beginning;  start;  outset;  at first;  at the beginning;  initially
 first meeting;  first interview with
 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
 early (days);  initial stage;  initial
 something heard for the first time;  hearing something for the first time
 at first;  in the beginning;  originally
 first;  firstly;  first of all;  Introduction;  Preface
 first generation;  founder
 past middle age;  nearing old age;  near-elderly;  age 40
 early summer;  fourth month of the lunar calendar
 innocent;  naive;  artless;  unsophisticated;  pure;  fresh
 (for the) first time;  something used (worn, etc.) for the first time;  new item;  first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
 first experience (of something);  first sexual experience
 seeing for the first time;  first sight;  first meeting;  sight-reading
 first time;  first innings;  initial attempt;  first;  initial
 first and last (time, chance, etc.);  (the) only
 elementary level;  beginner level
 from beginning to end;  from start to finish;  from first to last;  end-to-end;  all the way through
 first match (in a series)
 origin;  source;  beginning;  starting point
 one's first campaign;  one's first battle
 original intention;  initial resolution
 to fall in love at first sight; (arch.)  to see for the first time; (arch.)  to meet for the first time; (arch.)  to have sexual relations for the first time
 elementary;  basic;  rudimentary
 first shrine visit of New Year
 basics;  rudiments;  elements;  ABCs of ...
 first night;  first watch of the night;  bridal night
 (it was) not until;  (it was) only when
 temporary;  transient;  trifling;  slight;  negligent
 (for the) first time in one's life
 beginning (of a century, etc.)
 at first;  initially;  in the beginning
 first day returning to work after the New Years holiday;  first task at a new job;  newcomer's first job
 innocent;  naive;  unsophisticated;  birth-
 initial response (e.g. to a crisis);  action in the earliest stages;  initial shock (of an earthquake);  preliminary tremor
 commencing with;  including
 temporary;  transient;  trifling;  slight;  negligent
 first snow (of the season);  first snowfall
 initialization;  initialisation;  formatting;  resetting
 start of a romance;  beginning of love
 early spring;  beginning of spring;  first month of the lunar calendar
 first 10 days of the month
 early autumn (fall);  seventh month of the lunar calendar
 early winter;  tenth month of the lunar calendar
 default settings;  initial settings;  initial configuration;  initialization;  initialisation
 absolute basics;  very rudiments
 first warbling heard in a New Year
 menarche;  first menstruation
 first (of its kind) in Japan
 first meeting;  first contest between
 first sunrise of the year;  sunrise on New Year's Day
 first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.);  lowest rank;  one dan
 first challenge;  first try
 first year;  early years (of a reign or era)
 first of the season (e.g. produce, catch);  virgin
 first year;  initial (year)
 first offence;  first offense;  first offender
 first championship win (esp. sumo)
 debut;  initial stage appearance
 carrying out one's original intention
 first number (e.g. issue of a magazine);  No. 1 type
 losing one's virginity;  first-time sex
 debut;  opening;  first public exhibition
 pitcher's first pitch (to batter)
 initial value;  initializing value;  default value
 founding member (of a music group, etc.);  initial member
 early;  primitive;  primordial
 initial investigation (by police)
 memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
 winning one's first election;  being elected for the first time
 first shrine visit of New Year
 early spring;  beginning of spring;  New Year
 first ears of rice of the season;  first crops of the season;  first harvest of the season;  offering (to the gods)
 first business conducted by retailers in the New Year
 beginner;  novice;  neophyte
 at first;  initially;  in the beginning
 initial medical examination
 maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
 first calligraphy of the year
 first flower of the season or year;  first flowering on a plant;  first menstruation;  woman who has just reached adulthood
 to win one's first battle (game, match)
 first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month;  traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
 the first bonito of the season
 sticker for new car drivers (green and yellow)
 New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
 innocent;  naive;  unsophisticated;  birth-
 at first;  at the outset;  to begin with;  as a first step
 first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
 right of first night;  jus primae noctis;  droit du seigneur
 starting salary;  initial payment
 we were all beginners once;  never lose your humility;  don't let success get to your head;  don't forget where you came from
 beginning student;  beginner
 beginning of the (fiscal) year
 first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.);  base-fare zone;  starting fare;  base fare
 to begin to grow light;  to dawn
 learning (a subject) for the first time;  start of one's study
 first appointment (to a post)
 first (written) contribution
 meeting for the first time;  first meeting
 initial budget;  original budget
 first proof;  first-proof sheets
 first tournament for a wrestler
 early Christianity;  ante-Nicene era Christianity
 firstborn;  first-produced;  newborn
 menarche;  first menstruation
 first month of the lunar calendar;  first month;  first moon of the month;  new moon
 for a moment;  even as a joke;  even in the slightest degree
 for a moment;  even as a joke;  even in the slightest degree
 first print (run);  first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
 to begin to know;  to know for the first time
 first five syllables (of a tanka);  first line (of a poem)
 the first generation of a family;  school (of thought) or religious sect
 innocent;  pure;  naive;  unsophisticated
 baby's first annual festival
 first sound of cicadas of the year
 baby's first annual festival
 first calligraphy of the year
 first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
 baby's first steps;  celebration of a baby's first steps;  opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)
(arch.)  crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony;  noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
 first chrysanthemum of the year
 ceremony fee;  money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
 first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
 first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year;  initial share price during a public offering
 innocent;  naive;  artless;  unsophisticated;  pure;  fresh
 colostrum;  foremilk;  first milk
 first ski of the season;  first ski run
 New Year firefighters' event
 New Year firefighters' event
 beginning of an epoch;  initial period
 first screening;  preview of movie
 first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
 first cherry blossom of the year
 first term (e.g. of sequence);  initial term
 first shrine visit of New Year
 the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono
 first tea ceremony of New Year
 the first bonito of the season
 first print (run);  first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
 selling something for the first time;  item on sale for the first time
 base fare for a bus or train or taxi
 to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses
 bridge-opening ceremony;  first crossing of a bridge
 gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day
 (for the) first time;  something used (worn, etc.) for the first time;  new item;  first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
 first snow to settle on a mountain
 setting in motion the wheel of the dharma;  the first turning of the wheel
 first maple leaves to turn red in the season
 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
 first shrine visit of the New Year
 to win one's first battle (game, match)
 first print (run);  first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
 first sound of the year for an animal;  first sound of the season
 fee for an initial medical examination
 first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species
 crow cawing on New Year's Day
 first ski of the season;  first ski run
 first calligraphy of the year
 crow cawing on New Year's Day
 first word (of an infant)
 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
 first bath of the year;  first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)
 New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
 to eat something for the first time in the season
 wearing something for the first time
 outset;  beginning;  starting (things);  resuming work after the New Year's vacation
 first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
 first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year
 innocent;  pure;  naive;  unsophisticated
 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
 we were all beginners once;  never lose your humility;  don't let success get to your head;  don't forget where you came from
 first print (run);  first print of the new year (esp. newspaper printed on January 1)
 to begin to know;  to know for the first time
 first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)
 first cherry blossom of the year
 selling something for the first time;  item on sale for the first time
 selling something for the first time;  item on sale for the first time
 first train (of the day);  first telegram (about a particular topic)
 first shrine visit of the New Year
 first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species
 to eat something for the first time in the season
 outset;  beginning;  starting (things);  resuming work after the New Year's vacation
 outset;  beginning;  starting (things);  resuming work after the New Year's vacation
 outset;  beginning;  starting (things);  resuming work after the New Year's vacation
 wearing something for the first time
 founding member (of a music group, etc.);  initial member
 sky on New Year's morning
 first wearing (of new clothes)
 first shopping of the year;  first purchase of the year
 initial playing of an instrument in the New Year
 first watch of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)
 going shopping on January 2
 incipient tuberculosis;  initial-stage tuberculosis
 first Day of the Rat of the New Year;  first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)
 the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter
 original activity identifier
 initial condition mode;  reset mode
 first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)
 sticker for new car drivers (green and yellow)
 first-time adoption;  initial application (e.g. of a new technology)
 primitive element (of a finite field)
 first-run limited edition production recording
 first-run limited edition technical recording
 first lull of the year;  lull on New Year's Day
 to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses
 first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn)
 4th month of the lunar calendar
 pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)
 first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
 first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)
 for the first time;  first thing;  doing something for the first time;  first menstruation
 scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year
 first eastern wind of the year;  first eastern wind of the spring
 first young greens of the year
 first day of the second month
 Initial parts;  first article;  first off-tool parts (from a manufacturing process)
 first page of a renga or renku
 being in someone's service for the first time;  participating for the first time;  visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time
 meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant);  ceremony at which a new servant has his first audience with his new master
 first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp
 first letter (of the year, season, etc.);  first correspondence
 traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima