はじめて – Vocabulary details

はじめて

Meanings

Adverb

Adjective (の)

1. for the first time

はい、今いま初はじめて聞ききました。Yes, I just heard it 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

失うしないかけて初はじめて大たい切せつさに気きづいた。It was only after nearly losing it that I realized its importance.

Noun

Colloquialism

3. first time; (one's) first

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

は

じ

めて

Used in: 2065

Composed of

はじめ

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

生うまれてはじめて

for the first time in one's life

になってはじめて

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

うまれてはじめて

for the first time in one's life

Examples (200 in total)

ここははじめてですか？

Is this your first time here?

はじめてのものばかりです。

Everything is so new to me!

はじめての診しん察さつですか。

Is this your first visit here?