初めて
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 初 |
| はじ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 始めて 甫めて (rare) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- for the first time, first
- 彼は初めてアメリカに来た。
- Kare wa hajimete Amerika ni kita.
- He came to America for the first time.
- 彼は初めてアメリカに来た。
- reaching a state after a certain experience; at last, finally
- 親が死んで、初めてそのありがたさがわかった。
- Oya ga shinde, hajimete sono arigatasa ga wakatta.
- Only after my parents died did I realize how grateful I was.
- 親が死んで、初めてそのありがたさがわかった。
Adverb[edit]
- (dialectal) for the first time
- 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “修羅の涙、六三四の涙の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 54:
- 勝った……はずめて修羅に勝った！
- Katta…… hazumete Shura ni katta!
- Ah’ve done it… Ah’ve finally beaten Shura!
- (literally, “I’ve won… I’ve won over Shura for the first time!”)
- 勝った……はずめて修羅に勝った！
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 初 |
| そ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- conjunctive of 初める
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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