noun:

• seeing for the first time; first sight

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps - proverb
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it - proverb

temporal noun:

• first arrival; first in race

noun:

• suit of clothes ➜ 着

noun:

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

noun:

• first meeting; first interview with

noun:

• first meeting; first contest between

noun:

• first-grade tea (first picking)

noun:

• first letter; first letters; initial

expression:

• first of all; first thing

expression:

• first in, first out; FIFO - also in accounting - IT term

~の noun / noun:

• first-class; first-rate

noun:

• first period (e.g. first class in school day)

noun / ~する noun:

• winning one's first election; being elected for the first time

noun:

• first instance; first trial

noun:

• first player; first worker

noun:

• first challenge; first try

noun:

• first fertilizing; first fertilising

noun:

• first mate; first officer

adverb:

• first off; first thing ➜ いの一番

noun:

• first time

~の noun:

• first; initial

noun:

• first goal; first point ➜ 先取点を挙げる

noun / ~の noun:

• first place; first rank; unit's position ［いちい］

noun:

• Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) - usu. イチイ, also 櫟 - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• dawn; daybreak; first light of day
• first indication; glimpse; gleam; flash; prospects - fig. as in 〜の曙光

noun / ~する noun:

• being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
• visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time