初めて
Meanings
Adverb
No-adjective
1. for the first time
Adverb
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ... (after the -te form of a verb)
Other spellings
始めて
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
はじめて
Examples242
しかし、
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.
１６
When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.
こんな
This is the first time.
初めて
Everything is so new to me!
これ
This was my first visit to a foreign country.
私
I came to Japan for the first time.