Word Meaning お食い初め

Listen to 食い初め

食い初め

くいぞめ

okuizome

Listen to お初

お初

おはつ

(for the) first time

Listen to お初をいただく

お初をいただく

おはつをいただく

to eat something for the first time in the season

Listen to 月初め

月初め

つきはじめ

beginning of the month

Listen to 書き初め

書き初め

かきぞめ

first calligraphy of the year

Listen to 出初め

出初め

でぞめ

debut

Listen to 年度初め

年度初め

ねんどはじめ

beginning of the (fiscal) year

Listen to 着初め

着初め

きぞめ

first wearing (of new clothes)

Listen to 仕初め

仕初め

しぞめ

resuming work after the New Year's vacation

Listen to 買い初め

買い初め

かいぞめ

first shopping of the year

Listen to 歩き初め

歩き初め

あるきぞめ

opening to pedestrians (e.g. a new bridge)

Listen to お初徳兵衛

お初徳兵衛

おはつとくべえ

Ohatsu and Tokubei (lovers who committed suicide together in 1703)