てはじめて (te hajimete)

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Meaning

    All JLPT 3 grammar : てはじめて（てはじめて, te hajimete）, this is the first time that “I” had something since ..

    Example

    日本語意味
    翌朝になってはじめてわれわれはその事実を知った。It was not till the next morning that we knew the fact.
    病気になってはじめて健康の価値が解る。It is not until you get sick that you realize the value of good health.
    彼は３０歳になってはじめて作家になろうと決心した。He did not decide to be a writer until he was thirty.
    彼は３０歳になってはじめて絵を描き始めた。It was not until he was thirty that he started to paint.

    Vocabulary

    日本語ローマ字意味
    事実jijitsufact, truth, reality
    翌朝yokuasanext morning
    値ataiprice, cost
    価値kachivalue, worth
    健康kenkouhealth
    気kispirit, mind, heart
    病気byoukiillness, disease
    決心kesshindetermination, resolution
    作家sakkaauthor, writer
    彼karehe, him
    歳saiyears old
    絵epicture, drawing, painting
    始めhajimebeginning, start

    Kanji

    漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
    知チし.る, し.らせるknow, wisdom
    朝チョウあさmorning, dynasty
    事ジ,ズこと, つか.う, つか.えるmatter, thing
    実ジツ,シツみ, みの.る, まことreality, truth
    気キ,ケいきspirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
    病ビョウ,ヘイや.む, -や.み, やまいill, sick
    値チね, あたいprice, cost, value
    解カイ,ゲと.く, と.かす, と.けるexplanation, solve
    家カ,ケいえ, や, うちhome, family
    作サク,サつく.る, つく.り, -づく.りmake, build
    心シンこころ, -ごころheart, mind
    彼ヒかれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
    決ケツき.める, -ぎ.め, き.まるdecide, agree upon
    歳サイ,セイとし, とせ, よわいage, occasion
    始シはじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まるbegin, commence
    絵カイ,エpicture, drawing

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