はじめて

初めて

for the first time

N5Common wordAdverb

Adverb, No-adjective

for the first time

Adverb

only after ... is it ...•only when ... do you ...•not until ... do you ...

Noun

first time•(one's) first

Example Sentences

話すのを聞いて初めて彼(かれ)だとわかった。

It wasn't until I heard him speak that I recognized him.

父も私(わたし)も初めてその美術館へ行きました。

Both my father and I went to the museum for the first time.

僕たちが初めて会った日(ひ)のことを覚えてる？

Do you remember the day when we met first?

明るくなりはじめて、物(もの)が次第に見(みえる)えるようになった。

It began to be light, and things were becoming visible by degrees.

僕(ぼく)は、初めてサーカスというものに連れていってもらった。

I was taken to a circus for the first time.

first time, beginning

ショ / はじ.め