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初日を出す

しょにちをだす
to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses
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食い初め

食初め
くいぞめ
weaning ceremony
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初七日

しょなのか、しょなぬか
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
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初手

しょて
beginning; start
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初秋

しょしゅう、はつあき
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
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太初

たいしょ
beginning of the world
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書き初め

書初、書初め
かきぞめ
first calligraphy of the year
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初耳

はつみみ
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
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初乗り料金

はつのりりょうきん
base fare for a bus or train or taxi
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初場所

はつばしょ
New Year's (January) tournament, held in Tokyo