1) 甫はじめて #253 Link copied! Common はじめて [2] Meaning Shirabe ① Adverb No-adjective for the first time See also: 始める (はじめる) 16じゅうろく歳さいの時とき、初はじめてテニスをした。 When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time. ② Adverb only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ... after the -te form of a verb しかし、抗議こうぎを通とおして初はじめて自由じゆうで開ひらかれた社会しゃかいが維持いじされるのである。 Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained. ③ Noun Colloquial first time; (one's) first Kanji 甫 ホ for the first time, not until Forms 初めて#253初はじめて始めて#3,029始はじめて甫めて#273,805甫はじめてはじめてはじめて