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

山梔子[kuchinashi] Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
悪巫山戯[warufuzake] prank
安土桃山時代[azuchimomoyamajidai] Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
案山子[kakashi] scarecrow
奥山[okuyama] remote mountain

岡山県[okayamaken] Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)
下山[gezan] descending (mountain)
夏山[natsuyama] summery mountain
火山[kazan] volcano
火山灰[kazanbai] volcanic ash