suffix

After the -masu stem of a verb.
  1. first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
初め ぞめ
ぞめ
ぞめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)