The first B since A (occurred); B happened for the first time since A
Used to show a time relationship: this is the first (one of) B since A
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此の子が生まれて初めての家族写真です。
This is the first family portrait since this child was born.
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就職して初めての給料を貰った。
I received my first wage (paycheck) since looking for a job.
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Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
日本に来て初めての温泉 (first time to the onsen since coming to Japan)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
You can use this pattern to express the idea that
it is/was not until ~ (or only after ~), that ....（I understood, it becomes clear etc.)
E.g.その本を読んで初めて犬が分かってきた。
生まれて初めて is an idiomatic phrase which means 'for the first time in one's life’.
E.g. 生まれて初めて納得を食べた。
See 新完全マスター p.16 , DIJG p. 456
it is/was not until ~ (or only after ~), that ....（I understood, it becomes clear etc.)
E.g.その本を読んで初めて犬が分かってきた。
生まれて初めて is an idiomatic phrase which means 'for the first time in one's life’.
E.g. 生まれて初めて納得を食べた。
See 新完全マスター p.16 , DIJG p. 456
Questions/Discussion
A quiz question under this grammar says 人生で初めての海外旅行先, is Noun で 初めての also a standard construction or an exception?
Discussion about this grammar
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smnevns
Level: 1
Thanks! That looks like the grammar I was thinking of.
I currently see the second item from below (てはじめての) in the Lesson Center (Grammar "新完全マスター文法 N2" - chapter "03課・～後で"), but in the physical book, it's the first item (てはじまて):
Maybe things weren't linked up quite right. I've manually added the first item to my study terms. No harm in repeating both. :-)
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4 years ago