► 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)
More examples:
- 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
- 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
- 心は勇むものの、何から初めて良いのか分からない ⇨ My mind is so excited (to do well), but I can’t figure out what to do to start
- ロケット打上げの初めての試み ⇨ The first attempt af rocket launch
- 初めての口づけ ⇨ The first kiss
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- その夜二人は初めて契った ⇨ The two made love that night for the first time
- 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
- 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