What does 初めて (hazimete | はじめて) mean in Japanese?

The Japanese word

彼女は初めて劇に出た。
kanojo wa hajimete geki ni de ta.
She acted in a play for the first time.

彼女は初めてパリへ行った。
kanojo wa hajimete pari e itta.
She went to Paris for the first time.

翌朝になって初めて大陸が見えた。
yokuasa ni natte hajimete tairiku ga mie ta.
Not until the following morning did we see land.

父も私も初めてその美術館へ行きました。
chichi mo watashi mo hajimete sono bijutsukan e iki mashi ta.
Both my father and I went to the museum for the first time.

飛行機に乗ったのはそれが初めてでした。
hikōki ni notta no wa sore ga hajimete deshi ta.
That was the first time I had flown. | That was the first time I got on a plane.

翌日になって初めて、彼らは彼女を見つけた。
yokujitsu ni natte hajimete, karera wa kanojo o mitsuke ta.
It was not until the next day that they found her.

由香は生まれて初めて英語の本を読み終えた。
yuka wa umare te hajimete eigo no hon o yomi oe ta.
For the first time in her life, Yuka has finished reading an English book.

僕たちが初めて会った日のことを覚えているかい。
boku tachi ga hajimete atta hi no koto o oboe te iru kai.
Do you remember the day when we met first?

彼女は初めての飛行にたいへん神経質になっていた。
kanojo wa hajimete no hikō ni taihen shinkeishitsu ni natte i ta.
She was quite nervous about her first flight.

彼女は初めての小説を出版するのを思いとどまった。
kanojo wa hajimete no shōsetsu o juppan suru no o omoitodomatta.
She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.

僕は、初めてサーカスというものに連れていってもらった。
boku wa, hajimete sākasu toyū mono ni tsure te itte moratta.
I was taken to a circus for the first time.

僕も飛行機から初めて日本を見た時、同じように感じたからね。
boku mo hikōki kara hajimete nippon o mi ta toki, onaji yō ni kanji ta kara ne.
I felt the same way when I first saw Japan from a plane.

こんなシリアスな芝居を見るのは初めてで貴重な経験ができました。
konna shiriasu na shibai o miru no wa hajimete de kichō na keiken ga deki mashi ta.
That was the first time I had seen such a serious play so it was a valuable experience.

凄いです！こんな感動的な話は初めてです！まさに美談の中の美談です！
sugoi desu! konna kandō teki na hanashi wa hajimete desu! masani bidan no naka no bidan desu!
Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!

いえ、これは秘宝ですから。わたくしたちもこの度、初めて見たのです。
ie, kore wa hihō desu kara. watakushi tachi mo kono tabi, hajimete mi ta no desu.
No, it's a national treasure, you see. This is the first time we've seen it as well.

料理の本を見ながら初めてスペイン料理を作ってみましたが、大成功でした。
ryōri no hon o mi nagara hajimete supein ryōri o tsukutte mi mashi ta ga, dai seikō deshi ta.
Following a cookbook, I made my first Spanish food, and it came out very well.

初めてのアレの日は、確かに病気かと二日間ほど誰にも言わず思い悩んだ記憶があります。
hajimete no are no hi wa, tashika ni byōki ka to ni nichikan hodo dare ni mo iwa zu omoinayan da kioku ga ari masu.
The first 'that time of the month' I seem to remember worrying that I was ill, without telling anybody, for two days.

「それを乗り越えて、初めて少年は男にうんちゃらかんちゃらです」「何となくよさげな事を言おうってんなら、最後までちゃんと言えよ！」.
### - ' sore o norikoe te, hajimete shōnen wa otoko ni un chi ゃらかんちゃらです ' ' nantonaku yo sa ge na koto o io u tten nara, saigo made chanto ieyo! '
"It is when you overcome that, that a boy becomes something-something" "If you're trying to say something important sounding keep talking right to the end!".

初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。
hajimete saimin ni hairu hito no bāi, totemo asai saimin jōtai kara, kakusei shi te moratte, saimin jōtai to futsū ni kakusei shi ta jōtai to o kurabe te morau koto ga yoku ari masu.
When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.

	The Japanese word
	初めて
	is pronounced
	hazimete \| はじめて
	means
	for the first time

	Examples:
	彼女は初めて劇に出た。 kanojo wa hajimete geki ni de ta. She acted in a play for the first time.
	彼女は初めてパリへ行った。 kanojo wa hajimete pari e itta. She went to Paris for the first time.
	翌朝になって初めて大陸が見えた。 yokuasa ni natte hajimete tairiku ga mie ta. Not until the following morning did we see land.
	父も私も初めてその美術館へ行きました。 chichi mo watashi mo hajimete sono bijutsukan e iki mashi ta. Both my father and I went to the museum for the first time.
	飛行機に乗ったのはそれが初めてでした。 hikōki ni notta no wa sore ga hajimete deshi ta. That was the first time I had flown. \| That was the first time I got on a plane.
	翌日になって初めて、彼らは彼女を見つけた。 yokujitsu ni natte hajimete, karera wa kanojo o mitsuke ta. It was not until the next day that they found her.
	由香は生まれて初めて英語の本を読み終えた。 yuka wa umare te hajimete eigo no hon o yomi oe ta. For the first time in her life, Yuka has finished reading an English book.
	僕たちが初めて会った日のことを覚えているかい。 boku tachi ga hajimete atta hi no koto o oboe te iru kai. Do you remember the day when we met first?
	彼女は初めての飛行にたいへん神経質になっていた。 kanojo wa hajimete no hikō ni taihen shinkeishitsu ni natte i ta. She was quite nervous about her first flight.
	彼女は初めての小説を出版するのを思いとどまった。 kanojo wa hajimete no shōsetsu o juppan suru no o omoitodomatta. She was discouraged from publishing her first novel.
	僕は、初めてサーカスというものに連れていってもらった。 boku wa, hajimete sākasu toyū mono ni tsure te itte moratta. I was taken to a circus for the first time.
	僕も飛行機から初めて日本を見た時、同じように感じたからね。 boku mo hikōki kara hajimete nippon o mi ta toki, onaji yō ni kanji ta kara ne. I felt the same way when I first saw Japan from a plane.
	こんなシリアスな芝居を見るのは初めてで貴重な経験ができました。 konna shiriasu na shibai o miru no wa hajimete de kichō na keiken ga deki mashi ta. That was the first time I had seen such a serious play so it was a valuable experience.
	凄いです！こんな感動的な話は初めてです！まさに美談の中の美談です！ sugoi desu! konna kandō teki na hanashi wa hajimete desu! masani bidan no naka no bidan desu! Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!
	いえ、これは秘宝ですから。わたくしたちもこの度、初めて見たのです。 ie, kore wa hihō desu kara. watakushi tachi mo kono tabi, hajimete mi ta no desu. No, it's a national treasure, you see. This is the first time we've seen it as well.
	料理の本を見ながら初めてスペイン料理を作ってみましたが、大成功でした。 ryōri no hon o mi nagara hajimete supein ryōri o tsukutte mi mashi ta ga, dai seikō deshi ta. Following a cookbook, I made my first Spanish food, and it came out very well.
	初めてのアレの日は、確かに病気かと二日間ほど誰にも言わず思い悩んだ記憶があります。 hajimete no are no hi wa, tashika ni byōki ka to ni nichikan hodo dare ni mo iwa zu omoinayan da kioku ga ari masu. The first 'that time of the month' I seem to remember worrying that I was ill, without telling anybody, for two days.
	「それを乗り越えて、初めて少年は男にうんちゃらかんちゃらです」「何となくよさげな事を言おうってんなら、最後までちゃんと言えよ！」. ### - ' sore o norikoe te, hajimete shōnen wa otoko ni un chi ゃらかんちゃらです ' ' nantonaku yo sa ge na koto o io u tten nara, saigo made chanto ieyo! ' "It is when you overcome that, that a boy becomes something-something" "If you're trying to say something important sounding keep talking right to the end!".
	初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。 hajimete saimin ni hairu hito no bāi, totemo asai saimin jōtai kara, kakusei shi te moratte, saimin jōtai to futsū ni kakusei shi ta jōtai to o kurabe te morau koto ga yoku ari masu. When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org