a scythe (farm tool)

cut grass, hair or something similar by sharp tool; clip, crop, cut, shear, mow, prune, trim / reap, crop, harvest

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

wheat / barley

wheat / barley / rye / oats

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