初めて

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
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

Adverb

(はじ)めて (hajimete

  1. for the first time, first
    (かれ)(はじ)めてアメリカに()た。
    Kare wa hajimete Amerika ni kita.
    He came to America for the first time.
  2. reaching a state after a certain experience; at last, finally
    (おや)()んで、(はじ)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.

Adverb

(はず)めて (hazumete

  1. (dialectal) for the first time
    • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “(しゅ)()(なみだ)()()()(なみだ)(まき) [Shura’s Tears, Musashi’s Tears]”, in ()()()(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 54:
      ()った……はずめて(しゅ)()()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!”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

()めて (somete

  1. conjunctive of 初める

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN