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first warbling heard in a New Year

first Serpent day of the year

first frost 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 shrine visit of the New Year

first love; puppy love

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

red milk mushroom (Lactarius hatsudake); hatsutake mushroom

first snow (of the season); first snowfall

first grandchild

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

early spring; beginning of spring; New Year

first meeting; first interview with

something heard for the first time; hearing something 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.)

early summer

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

world's first; first in the world

early autumn (fall)

early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar

debut; first appearance

first (of its kind) in Japan

first (of its kind) in Japan

first meeting; first contest between

debut; first appearance

losing one's virginity; first-time sex

first challenge; first try

debut; initial stage appearance

first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (arch.) dream on the night of setsubun

first in this country; first (of its kind) in Japan

first cockcrowing of the year

first kiss

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

debut; opening; first public exhibition

first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant

the first bonito of the season

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

(for the) first time this year

first trial; first hearing

first trip of the year

first (written) contribution; first post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone (of a train, taxi, etc.); base fare; minimum fare

first moon of the month; new moon

the industry's first ...

for the first time

first laugh of the year

first meeting

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

New Year's Day sunrise

first fruits

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

first snow to settle on a mountain

gazing at Mount Fuji on New Year's day

first victory

first shrine visit of the New Year

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

first tournament for a wrestler

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

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

first market of the year

wearing something for the first time

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 sale of the year; first trade of the year

first strong wind of autumn

New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)

blackening brittlegill (Russula nigricans)

first birthday

sky on New Year's morning

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 in history

the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter

first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn)