初めて
はじめて
Meanings
- for the first time
- only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
- first time; (one's) first
Part of speech: adverb, no-adjective, noun
Kanji
- 初
- Meanings
- first time, beginning
- On reading
- ショ
- Kun reading
- はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、-そ.める
- Strokes
- 7
Example sentences
１６歳の時、初めてテニスをした。
When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.
Tatoeba #235933 · CC BY 2.0 FR
しかし、抗議を通して初めて自由で開かれた社会が維持されるのである。
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.
Tatoeba #216322 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Source: JMdict #1342550 · Credits