sheep dog, sheepdog

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

直ぐに: immediately

直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon / 直ぐ: quick to / 直ぐ: right next to, right close by

straight, not bent

(obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

(obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)

to work at a job, to labour / to work properly, to operate, to function; to carry out one's function, to be effective, to come into play / to perpetrate or commit a crime