noun:

• happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

noun:

• groundwork; foundation
• inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge (of); grounding (in)
• undercoat; first coat
• soy sauce ➜ お下地

noun / ~する noun:

• intermediate coat of paint or lacquer; second coat

noun:

• undercoat; first coat

noun:

• first or rough coat

noun:

• Azuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era

noun:

• plastering

noun:

• plastering trowel

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun:

• three-quarter; half coat; top coat

noun:

• first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth
• first speech; inaugural address

noun / ~する noun:

• sealing or plastering up

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

noun:

• happi coat (esp. one designed in a western style); happy coat ➜ 法被

noun:

• first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus ➜ 終発
• departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

noun:

• first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)

noun:

• morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)

noun:

• order of arrival; first-come-first-served basis

temporal noun:

• first arrival; first in race

noun:

• suit of clothes ➜ 着

noun:

• first letter (of the year, season, etc.); first correspondence

expression:

• first of all; first thing

noun:

• first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) ➜ 閉炉

noun:

• first day of autumn (approx. Aug. 8); first day of fall ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)