始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し
はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy
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Kanji 始, meaning commence, appears in 161 Japanese vocabulary entries.
はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy
はつくにしらすすめらみこと
first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
ひめはじめ
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)
ほういはじめ
ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time