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

異句同音[ikudouon] in concert
一句[ikku] phrase (verse, line)
一句詠む[ikkuyomu] to make up a haiku poem
引用句[inyouku] quotation
下の句[shimonoku] the last part of a poem or Bible verse

下句[geku] the last part of a poem or Bible verse
佳句[kaku] beautiful passage of literature
慣用句[kanyouku] idiomatic usage
慣用語句[kanyougoku] idiom
脅し文句[odoshimonku] threatening words

おけさ節[okesabushi] style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
双節棍[nunchaku] nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks)
一音節[ichionsetsu] monosyllable
一節切り[hitoyogiri] one-jointed bamboo musical instrument
音節[onsetsu] syllable

鰹節[katsubushi] katsuobushi
環節[kansetsu] segment (of worm)
関節[kansetsu] joints (knee joint, elbow joint, etc.)
関節リューマチ[kansetsuryuumachi] rheumatoid arthritis
関節炎[kansetsuen] arthritis