初めて

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
始めて
甫めて (rare)

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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(はじ)めて (hajimete

  1. for the first time, first
    (かれ)(はじ)めてアメリカに()た。
    Kare wa hajimete Amerika ni kita.
    He came to America for the first time.
  2. reaching a state after a certain experience; at last, finally
    (おや)()んで、(はじ)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.

Adverb

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(はず)めて (hazumete

  1. (dialectal) for the first time
    • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “(しゅ)()(なみだ)()()()(なみだ)(まき) [Shura’s Tears, Musashi’s Tears]”, in ()()()(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 54:
      ()った……はずめて(しゅ)()()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!”)
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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()めて (somete

  1. conjunctive of 初める

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN