JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

初めて (hajimete)

初めて (はじめて, hajimete) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “for the first time”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はじめて
Romaji: hajimete
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

for the first time · adverb, noun taking の
only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ... · adverb · after the -te form of a verb
first time; (one's) first · noun · colloquial

Example sentences

１６歳の時、初めてテニスをした。

When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.

Tatoeba #235933

しかし、抗議を通して初めて自由で開かれた社会が維持されるのである。

Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.

Tatoeba #216322

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 初めて

first time, beginningショ・はじ.め・はじ.めて · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 初めて.

初めはじめbeginning最初さいしょbeginning初級しょきゅうelementary level初旬しょじゅんfirst 10 days of the month初歩しょほbasics初めにはじめにfirst初版しょはんfirst edition初耳はつみみsomething heard for the first time

Source: JMdict entry 1342550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.