はじめて
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
1. 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
Noun
Colloquialism
3. first time; (one's) first
Kanji used
first time
Pitch accent
めて
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Composed of
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
for the first time in one's life
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
Examples (131 in total)
Everything is so new to me!
Is this your first time here?
Is this your first visit here?
I made curry for the first time.
Was that the first time you were arrested?
This is my first camping trip.
This is the first time for me to read the Bible.
Is this the first time you've ever skied?
Is this your first time in Korea?
I ate durian for the first time.
This is the first time I've smoked.
This is the first time I've had seaweed.
Is this the first time you've ever given blood?
This is the first time I've written anything in Arabic.
This is my first time to be here.
I did that for the first time just yesterday.
"Is it the first time you've been here?" "Yes, it's my first visit."
Is this your first visit to this town?
Is this the first time you've been here?
I met him for the first time.
My first car was red.
I've never seen him so angry before.
This is the first time I've ever passed an exam.
Is this the first time you've had this symptom?
She acted in a play for the first time.
Is this your first trip to Rome?
The boy rode a horse for the first time.
I visited New York for the first time.
Mary was my first girlfriend.
I played tennis yesterday for the first time.
This is the first time I have visited England.
It was Tom's first time to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
Is this the first time you've flown a helicopter?
I climbed Mt. Fuji last month for the first time.
"Is this your first time in Australia?" "Yes, this is my first time here."
Is this your first trip to Boston?
Is this the first time you've traveled alone?
This is the first time I have been here.
This isn't my first time to drive a sports car.
Is this the first time you've tried Japanese food?
This is my first Eid in Algeria.
I don't remember when I first met him.
I saw the mountain for the first time.
Tell me about your first kiss.
Is this the first time you've seen this movie?
Am I your first friend who's not Japanese?
This isn't the first time I've ridden a bicycle.
This is the first time I've caught such a big fish!
That's the first sentence I added.
It was in Kyoto that I first met her.
This is the first time I've driven a car.
This is the coffee shop I first met my wife in.
"Your skin looks nice." "Oh? That's the first time anyone has told me that!"
This was my first visit to a foreign country.
How old were you the first time you drank wine?
I met her in London for the first time.
You've changed a lot since I first met you.
This is the first time I've ever parked my car in the forest.
We went to Hawaii last year for the first time.
I got lost when I visited you for the first time.
I've never seen a temple this big before.
I went to Vienna for the first time last year.
Is this the first time you've applied for a loan?
For the first time a satellite was launched into orbit.
That was the first time I'd ever seen a koala.
I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.
This was the first Japanese food I had ever tasted.
Two weeks ago, I visited Disneyland for the first time.
My first car was a Nissan Pulsar.
Do you remember the day when you and I first met?
Do you remember the night when we first met?
"Have you been here before?" "Nah, this is my first time."
This is the unforgettable place where we met each other for the first time.
The day when we first met was a rainy day.
They first met on a summer afternoon.
I mistook you for your sister when I first saw you.
"Is this the first time you're here?" "No, I was here last year."
I first met him three years ago.
What are you going to do with your first pay?
Both my father and I went to the museum for the first time.
She first came into contact with Japanese culture last year.
This is the first time I've seen such a huge strawberry.
The two politicians met face to face for the first time.
Life begins when you pay taxes.
It is a good habit to look up new words in a dictionary.
She was quite nervous about her first flight.
Tom was my first French teacher.
I was taken to a circus for the first time.
I am the first musician in my family.
It was only recently that she changed her mind.
Germs can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
The first time I met Betty, I was nervous.
The natives saw an airplane then for the first time.
Can you remember the first time you heard the Beatles?
I'll always remember the first time I saw her.
Do you remember what you were wearing the first time I met you?
What should I do on my first date?
I'll never forget the day when we first met.
The first time I drank beer, I didn't like it.
Only then did he realize he had been deceived.
He went to Paris, where he first met her.
I'll never forget the day we first met.
I can't remember exactly how old I was when I first met Tom.
This is the first letter I've written in German.
Only afterward did he explain why he did it.
I remember the night when I first saw the Milky Way.
It was my first night among strangers.
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.
I felt the same way when I first saw Japan from a plane.
I will never forget the day when I first met him.
It was while I was in Hokkaido that I first met the poet.
When meeting a person for the first time, keep the conversation light.
That was the first time I had seen such a serious play so it was a valuable experience.
When his theory was first put forward, nobody bought it.
Only by prohibiting nuclear weapons altogether can we stop the arms race.
I tried baking bread for the first time, but it's dry and not tasty.
You do not realize how important health is until you get sick.
It's my first time coming to an aquarium.
Man first visited the moon in 1969.
She was approaching thirty when I first met her.
In 1853, the first blue jeans came out.
Mozart was five years old when he wrote his first piece.
I programmed my first computer game when I was twelve years old.
Frankfurters were first sold in the United States in the 1860s.
It was ten years ago that he first came to Japan.
It was not until Chikako left me that I realized how much I loved her.
The first prohibition of slavery was in the mid-nineteenth century.
Exactly six years ago I first came to New Zealand.
For the first time in more than 6 years, the unemployment rate is below 6%.
This style of hairdressing first appeared in the early 19th century.
I first used a computer about 40 years ago.