初めて

Japanese
Kanji in this term
初
はじ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

初めて (hiragana はじめて, rōmaji hajimete)

  1. for the first time, first
    彼 (かれ)は初 (はじ)めてアメリカに来 (き)た。
    Kare wa hajimete Amerika ni kita.
    He came to America for the first time.

(alternative reading hiragana はずめて, romaji hazumete)

  1. (dialectal) for the first time
    • 1984 February 15, Murakami, Motoka, “修しゅ羅らの涙なみだ、六ム三サ四シの涙なみだの巻まき [Shura’s Tears, Musashi’s Tears]”, in 六ム三サ四シの剣けん [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 54:
      勝 (か)った……はずめて修 (しゅ)羅 (ら)に勝 (か)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!”)

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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