Jisho

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Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. for the first timeSee also 始める
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  • さい
  • とき
  • はじ初めて
  • テニス
  • した
When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.
Adverb (fukushi)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...after the -te form of a verb
  • しかし
  • こうぎ抗議
  • をとおを通して
  • はじ初めて
  • じゆう自由
  • 開かれた
  • しゃかい社会
  • いじ維持
  • される
  • である
Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.
Noun
3. first time; (one's) firstColloquial
Other forms
始めて 【はじめて】甫めて 【はじめて】
Notes
甫めて: Rarely-used kanji form.

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