adverb, takes genitive case の

  1. for the first time.

adverb

After the -te form of a verb.
  1. only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ....

noun

Colloquialism.
  1. first time, (one's) first.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
初めて はじめて
 
 
始めて はじめて
 
 
甫めて はじめて

Contained Kanji Breakdown

first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)