(はじ)めて
hajimete
for the first time

Example sentences

  1. すのを聞いて初めだとわかった。

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

  2. 彼女は数ヶ月来はじめて悲しく思った。

    She was sad for the first time in months.

  3. 彼女初めて劇に出た。

    She acted in a play for the first time.

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