団々: very round of shape, such as the roundness of the full moon; full of dew, covered in dewdrops

(Umpaku, Izumo) thank you

steps and steps; the process of something

gradually

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

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

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend