► 副詞
初めて [(2)はじめて] meaning: first rank: 1
☆ その話は初めて聞いた ⇨ I heard that story for the first time. Never heard of it before
☆ 納豆を初めて食べた時は美味しいとは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t think natto tasted good when I first ate it
☆ 自分が差別されて初めて差別される側の気持ちが分かった ⇨ I finally understood how the discriminated feel when I myself got discriminated
☆ 手から血が出ていることに見て初めて気がついた ⇨ I realized my hand was bleeding only when I saw it (☛ Unaware that something was going on, until the moment)
► 動詞
初める [そめる] meaning: start rank: 4
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► 名詞
初め [はじめ] meaning: first rank: 1
☆ 私も初めは無理だと思ったが、練習したら出来るようになった ⇨ At first I too thought it was impossible, but I practiced and learned to do it
☆ 誰が初めに話すの？ ⇨ Who speaks first?
初 [(2)はつ] meaning: first rank: 2
☆ 世界初の自動運転車 ⇨ The world’s first self-driving car
初っ端 [しょっぱな] [coll] meaning: start rank: 4
☆ 彼等は試合の初っ端に得点を許した ⇨ They allowed a score at the very beginning of the game (☛ The very beginning)
► 形容動詞
初 [(1)うぶ] meaning: naive rank: 3
☆ あの娘は未だ初だ ⇨ That girl is still very naive, doesn’t know men