► 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:
- ぼつぼつ初めましょうか ⇨ Why don’t we get started (slowly)
- 彼は大学で彼女を見初めた ⇨ He fell in love with her in college
- 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
- その話は初めて聞いた ⇨ I heard that story for the first time. Never heard of it before
- 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
- 試合に初めて勝って自信がついた ⇨ I won my first game and gained confidence
- 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
- 二人の馴れ初めは～だった ⇨ The way the two met for the first time was …
- 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
- 私には当たり前だが彼にとっては初めての事だ ⇨ I take it for granted but for him this is all new
- キャビアを初めて食べたが別にどうって言う事はなかった ⇨ I had caviars for the first time but they were nothing special
- その夜二人は初めて契った ⇨ The two made love that night for the first time
- ロケット打上げの初めての試み ⇨ The first attempt af rocket launch
- 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
- 日本はラグビーで初めて英国に勝利した ⇨ Japan won over England in rugby for the first time