御食い初め[okuizome] weaning ceremony
為初め[shisome] outset
為初める[shisomeru] to begin to do
仮初[karisome] temporary
業界初[gyoukaihatsu] the industry's first ...

月初め[tsukihajime] beginning of month
最初[saisho] beginning
初めに[hajimeni] to begin with (used as an introduction)
初めは[hajimeha] at first
手初めに[tehajimeni] at first

御化け[obake] goblin
御化け屋敷[obakeyashiki] haunted house
胡麻化し[gomakashi] hanky-panky
イオン化[ionka] ionization
カスタム化[kasutamuka] customization

コンピュータ化[konpyuutaka] computerization
シアン化合物[shiankagoubutsu] cyanide
シアン化物[shiankabutsu] cyanide
スリム化[surimuka] thinning
パーソナル化[paasonaruka] personalization

安全期[anzenki] safe period
暗黒期[ankokuki] eclipse period
一期[ichigo] one's life time
一期[ikki] one term
一期一会[ichigoichie] once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)

一周期[isshuuki] period (in astronomy)
一定期間[itteikikan] fixed interval
延期[enki] postponement
延期になる[enkininaru] to be postponed
沖積期[chuusekiki] alluvial period