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初めて はじめて N5

  1. for the first time
  2. not until ... do you ...; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
  3. (one's) first; first time

生まれて初めて うまれてはじめて

  1. for the first time in one's life

になって初めて になってはじめて

  1. (it was) not until; (it was) only when
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