Skip to content
Nihongo Circle
.
Lessons
Learn
Road map
Study guides
Kana
Dictionary
Grammar
Immersion
Culture
Practice
Tomo challenges
Games
Mock exam
Reading level
Your space
Cosmetics shop
Sign up free
Lessons
Dictionary
Games
Explore
All levels
Study level
Sign in
Dictionary
初めて
はじめて
N5
adverb
Meanings
1
for the first time
2
only after ... is it ...
3
only when ... do you ...
4
not until ... do you ...
5
first time
6
(one's) first
Example sentence
初めてすしを食べました。
はじめて すしを たべました。
I ate sushi for the first time.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 初めて in the wild?
Kanji in this word
初
First Time, Beginning
7 strokes
More words with
初
初～
しょ～ ·
first ~
N2
最初
さいしょ ·
beginning
N4
初
はつ ·
first
当初
とうしょ ·
beginning
初日
しょにち ·
first day
初期
Full entry on Jisho
しょき ·
early days
初代
しょだい ·
first generation
初戦
しょせん ·
first match (in a series)
More at JLPT N5
All 720 N5 words
All 79 N5 kanji
All 62 N5 grammar points
Everything N5