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16 word matches found for '初' using reading 'はじ'
つ き は じ め 3
adverb, noun
beginning of month
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at first; at the outset; to begin with
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expression, 'no' adjective
world's first; world-first
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expression
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
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expression
for the first time in one's life
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noun
beginning of the (fiscal) year
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Most common form: 姫始め
noun
1. eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)  (see also: 強飯, 姫飯)
2. first intercourse of the New Year
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expression
You don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it  (idiomatic expression; obscure term)
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く わ は じ め 3
noun
New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction  (see also: 鍬入れ)
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Most common form: はじめまして
expression
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you  (often written with kana only)
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commencing with; including  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 始めから
expression
from the beginning
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expression
at first; in the beginning; originally
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は じ め 0
Most common form: 始め
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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は じ め て 2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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は じ め に 0 は じ め に 4
Most common form: はじめに
expression
1. first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning
2. Introduction; Preface  (as section heading of a book, etc.; often written with kana only)
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