初

first shrine visit of the New Year

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

New Year's Day sunrise

Buddhism

setting in motion the wheel of the dharma; the first turning of the wheel

Computing

incunabulum

crow cawing on New Year's Day

first market of the year

first translation

first ice of winter

fee for an initial medical examination

first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

first cockcrowing of the year

newborn baby

first bath of the year

first train (of the day)

first telegram (about a particular topic)

first sale of the year; first trade of the year

beginning

wearing something for the first time

first bath of the year

first bath in one's life (i.e. for a baby)

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

first wearing (of kimono) in the New Year

Computing

initial program

chicken sexer

base fare (for a train, bus, etc.); minimum fare; starting fare