初めて

はじめて

for the first time

N5 #1,350

Also a form of

Meanings

also 始めて

  1. adverb, takes の for the first time
  2. adverb, after the -te form of a verb only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
  3. noun, colloquial first time; (one's) first

Its kanji

In sentences

初はじめて作つくりました。 I made it for the first time. #792512

こんなかわいい猫ねこ初はじめて見みた。 I've never seen a cat this cute before. #2982105

こんな気持きもち初はじめて。 I've never felt like this before. #11733867

彼かれが怒おこってるところ初はじめて見みた。 This is the first time I've ever seen him angry. #11032241

初はじめて来きたの? Is this the first time you've been here? #10572146

彼女かのじょは初はじめて劇げきに出でた。 She acted in a play for the first time. #88738

私わたしは初はじめて彼かれにあった。 I met him for the first time. #155953

私わたしは初はじめて日本にほんに来きた。 I came to Japan for the first time. #155955