► 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?
More examples:
- その話は初めて聞いた ⇨ I heard that story for the first time. Never heard of it before
- 初めから終わりまで通して練習してみよう ⇨ Let’s rehearse from the beginning to the end in one session
- 彼は日本人で初めて100mで10秒を切った ⇨ He is the first Japanese to run 100m under 10 seconds
- 子供の頃初めてロックを聴いて痺れたことを覚えている ⇨ I still remember when I was a kid I listened to rock for the first time and got electrified
- 彼は七十才にして初めて異国の土を踏んだ ⇨ He stepped on foreign soil for the first time when he was 70
- 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
- 初めての子供を抱いた時の嬉しさは格別だった ⇨ The happiness of holding your first child was something different
- チームはシーズン初めの勢いを失った ⇨ The team has lost the momentum of the early season
- その夜二人は初めて契った ⇨ The two made love that night for the first time
- 彼女は長い下積みの後、初めての映画を監督した ⇨ She finally directed her own movie after many years of apprenticeship
- 試合に初めて勝って自信がついた ⇨ I won my first game and gained confidence
- 人類が初めて月に降り立った瞬間 ⇨ The moment a human stepped on the moon for the first time
- 病気になって初めて健康の大切さを実感した ⇨ I truly realized the importance of health only when I became sick
- 初めての口づけ ⇨ The first kiss
- 言われて初めて気がついた ⇨ Someone told me and then I realized for the first time. I didn’t realize until someone told me