Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, a baby takes a first unsupported step between two kneeling parents. One parent has just released the baby's hands and keeps both palms hovering behind, while the other reaches forward without yet touching.

JLPT N5adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

初はじめて

hajimete

for the first time

Example sentences

  1. １６歳さいの時とき、初はじめてテニスをした。

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

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  2. 私わたしは初はじめて彼かれにあった。

    I met him for the first time.

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  3. 私わたしは初はじめて日本にっぽんに来きた。

    I came to Japan for the first time.

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Kanji in 初

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ

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