noun / ~する noun:

• opening a meeting; first meeting

noun:

• volume one; first volume

noun:

• active smoking; first-hand smoking ➜ 受動喫煙

noun:

• firstborn; first child; eldest child

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• beginning; start; outset; opening

noun:

• first (in line, etc.) - esp. 初め
• origin - esp. 始め
• such as ...; not to mention ... - esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku" - manga slang ➜ オレっ娘

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth

expression:

• fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

~の noun / noun:

• former; previous; old

noun:

• first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

noun:

• first thing after rising; as soon as getting up

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to eat something for the first time in the season

noun:

• big prize; first prize

noun / ~の noun:

• first-aid; emergency (aid)

noun:

• first half; upper half

noun:

• lesson one; first lesson

noun:

• chapter one; first chapter

noun:

• first year; initial (year)

expression / noun:

• first name; given name

noun:

• volume 1; first volume

noun:

• preliminary step; first step

noun:

• original store; first store

noun:

• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長

noun:

• First Nations (i.e. non-Inuit or Metis aboriginal peoples in Canada)