at first, firstly

first, the beginning, the start

種が島: matchlock / a kind of fragrant aloeswood used for incense / (slang, archaic) fugu (so named for the way that poorly-prepared fugu is deadly, like a matchlock)

多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima (an island in Kagoshima Prefecture) / a surname

to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

place, location / site (location designated for some purpose) / space, room / a seat / (sumo) tournament

gun / (sumo) teppo.

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

Japan