になってはじめて
Meanings
Expression
1. (it was) not until; (it was) only when
Kanji used
first time
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Composed of
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
Examples (10 in total)
It was not until yesterday that he noticed her.
It was not until the next day that they found her.
Not until this morning did I learn the truth.
Only then did I see the danger we were in.
It was not until a few days later that we heard the sad news.
It was not until then that I realized my mistake.
It was not until yesterday that we noticed the animal missing.
The value of his discovery was not realized until after his death.
It was not until he was forty that he began to study German.
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.