(music) a Japanese percussion instrument made of two pieces of hardwood or bamboo that are tied together with a rope and struck together

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

a performance (of music); a recital

to play (an instrument) / to perform (a piece of music)

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

he; boyfriend