a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

(slang) a swindler, a con artist

独鈷, 独股, 独古: a vajra, a dorje: a kind of double-headed scepter used in esoteric Buddhism; a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

突兀: lofty; towering; sharply sticking out

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

to hold, to carry something / to have, to possess / to hold up, to maintain

holding, possession / wear, durability