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初めて

JLPT N5 · Vocabulary

初めて — “for the first time”

初めて (read はじめて) means for the first time. It appears on the JLPT N5 vocabulary list and is a adverb.

Reading

はじめて

Meaning

for the first time

初めて in a sentence

初めてはじめて日本にっぽんへ来きました。

I came to Japan for the first time.

The kanji in 初めて

初first

Words that share a kanji with 初めて

初め; 始めはじめ— beginning, start
最初さいしょ— first, beginning
初級しょきゅう— beginner level, elementary level
初旬しょじゅん— first ten days of a month, early part of a month
初めにはじめに— at first, to begin with, first of all

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