sputtering / clapping / crackling / blinking

sputter / clap / crackle / blink

to stir, shake, shift, swing / (as of a machine or device) to operate, run, go, work / (as of a person or group) to work, go into action / (emotionally) to be moved, touched, influenced

to move

(obsolete) to move

begin; start; initiate; originate

to start doing / to begin

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend