初子を抱いた母親の顔は喜びに満ちていた。

The mother's face, as she held her firstborn, was full of joy.

夫婦は初子の誕生を心待ちにしている。

The couple are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child.

彼にとって長女は待望の初子だった。

For him, his eldest daughter was a long-awaited firstborn.

初子の日には大黒天を祀る神社がにぎわう。

On the first Day of the Rat of the New Year, shrines to Daikokuten are crowded with visitors.

昔は初子の日に野に出て小松を引く習わしがあった。

In the old days it was customary to go out into the fields and pull up young pines on the first Rat day of the year.

今年の初子は一月五日に当たる。

This year the first Day of the Rat falls on January 5th.