Meaning of 初めて in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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初めて, 始めて, 甫めてJLPT 5
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Kana Readingはじめて
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Romajihajimete
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- for the first time
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
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Example Sentences
初めて, 始めて, 甫めて, はじめて used in context
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凄いです！こんな感動的な話は初めてです！まさに美談の中の美談です！
Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!
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初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。
When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
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初めてのアレの日は、確かに病気かと二日間ほど誰にも言わず思い悩んだ記憶があります。
The first 'that time of the month' I seem to remember worrying that I was ill, without telling anybody, for two days.
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今回はじめてプライベートヴィラに滞在しましたが、これがなかなか良いです。
This time I stayed for the first time in a private villa, and it was really quite something.
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こんなシリアスな芝居を見るのは初めてで貴重な経験ができました。
That was the first time I had seen such a serious play so it was a valuable experience.
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いえ、これは秘宝ですから。わたくしたちもこの度、初めて見たのです。
No, it's a national treasure, you see. This is the first time we've seen it as well.
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Kanji found in this word
first time, beginning
On: ショ
Kun: はじ.め, はじ.めて, はつ, はつ-, うい-, -そ.める, -ぞ.め
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