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
 at first;  in the beginning;  originally
 first;  firstly;  first of all;  Introduction;  Preface
 at first;  initially;  in the beginning
 commencing with;  including
 at first;  initially;  in the beginning
 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