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はじめて

初めて

for the first time

hajimete

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Meanings

  1. 1
    for the first timeadverbtakes の
  2. 2
    only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...adverb
  3. 3
    first time; (one's) firstnoun

JMdict 1342550

In a sentence

１６(いちろく)歳(さい)の時(とき)、初めて(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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  • 初first time7 strokes

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