初めて
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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初 |
はじ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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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
- (Tokyo) はじめて [hàjíꜜmètè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ha̠ʑime̞te̞]
Adverb
初めて • (hajimete)
- 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
初めて • (hazumete)
- (dialectal) for the first time
- 1984 February 15, Murakami, Motoka, “修羅の涙、六三四の涙の巻 [Shura’s Tears, Musashi’s Tears]”, in 六三四の剣 [Musashi’s Sword], 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!
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Related terms
- 始め (hajime)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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初 |
そ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) そめて [sòmété] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [so̞me̞te̞]
Verb
初めて • (somete)
- conjunctive of 初める
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN