first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
Attaches to the -masu stem of a verb to express the first time doing that action, often in a special context like the new year or a lifetime first.
Utaizome is singing for the first time in the new year.
Kakizome is the event of doing calligraphy or painting for the first time in the new year.
first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration
debut; first appearance; first outing
outset; beginning; start · resuming work after New Year's
first wearing of new clothes
weaning ceremony; first chopsticks ceremony
first playing of an instrument in the New Year
first house-cleaning of the year; first sweeping
baby's first steps; celebration of first steps · opening to pedestrians
bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge
first shopping of the year; first purchase of the year
first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration
Standard kanji spelling for this suffix.
Abbreviated kanji form, also used.
Derived from the verb 初める (そめる, 'to begin/do for the first time'), which is the transitive counterpart of 初まる (そまる). The suffix form attaches to the -masu stem of verbs.