begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

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

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

empty air / meaninglessness / (Buddhism) sunyata: emptiness, vacuity, awareness, openness, thusness / (Buddhism) void: one of the 五大 (godai, literally “great five”) and the highest of the five elements

snow cloud

to cover / to cover up, to conceal, to hide / to permeate, to spread throughout / to include everything

straight, not bent