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I am translating some Japanese Documents to English and I came across this text:
66歳に到達した日以降に最初に訪れる3月末まで
So far I have:
Until the end of March...on or after the day of turning 66 years old
How should one translate this text: 最初に訪れる, in order for it to fit the given text?
I have read about 訪れる here.
Until the end of the coming March? then how about the 最初に
Until the end of the first incoming March?
I think it's the second sense for 訪れる in Wiktionary:
季節・状況などがやってくる。
Other dictionaries give similar definitions. Here's the relevant sense from 広辞苑:
（ある時期・状況などが）やってくる。「春が訪れる」「世界に平和が訪れる日」
So 最初に訪れる３月末 would mean something like "the first March 31 that arrives", although arrive is a bit literal and we probably don't need to use it in translation, so your larger phrase would perhaps look something like this:
"by/until the first March 31 after [you] turn 66 years old"
I can't really make the translation more natural since you didn't supply much context, or even a complete sentence, but hopefully it gets the meaning across :-)
