friend

preparation for the New Year

初めとする: commence with, including

始め, 初め: beginning

一, 元, 初, 甫, 肇: a male given name

first, number one / game, round

most, -est, -most

(Kagoshima, dialect) most / (Kagoshima, dialect) first

a (single) pair, couple, brace (male-female pair of animals) / (gagaku, bugaku, dance) a style of performance consisting of pairs of left and right dances

a male given name