初め
初
ぞめ
suffix
[after the -masu stem of a verb]
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
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始め
初め
はじめ
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
beginning
start
outset
opening
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
[esp. 初め]
first (in line, etc.)
[esp. 始め]
origin
word usually written using kana alone
[esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc.]
such as ...
not to mention ...
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