始めて

はじめて

for the first time

N5 #1,350

Also a form of

Meanings

also 初めて

  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

始はじめていい？ Can I begin? #2579425

とにかく始はじめてみよう。 Let's get started anyway. #1073494

すぐ始はじめて仕上しあげよう。 Let's start at once and have done with it. #214783

彼かれなしで始はじめてもよかろう。 We may as well begin without him. #119146

英語えいごを学まなび始はじめてから６年としです。 It is six years since I started to study English. #1736484

ジョギングでも始はじめてみませんか。 How about taking up jogging? #215567

車くるまの営業えいぎょうを始はじめてどれぐらい経たつ？ How long have you been selling cars? #11559609