Word Meaning になって初めて

になってはじめて ninattehajimete

になって初めて is read as になってはじめて (ninattehajimete) and means (it was) not until.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

になってはじめて

Romaji

ninattehajimete

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 62645 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

初めて

はじめて

for the first time

生まれて初めて

うまれてはじめて

for the first time in one's life

はつ

first

初日

しょじつ

first day

初夏

しょか

early summer

初産

しょざん

first childbirth

当初

とうしょ

beginning

最初

さいしょ

beginning

初期

しょき

early days

初出

うぶだし

first appearance

初心

しょしん

original intention

初任給

しょにんきゅう

initial salary

Example Sentences

9

Not until the following morning did we see land.

I am becoming a working adult in January.

It was not till yesterday that I knew the fact.

It was not until the next day that they found her.

It was not until he was forty that he began to study German.

She did not decide to be a singer until she reached the age of twenty.

Only afterward did he explain why he did it.

Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.

You do not realize how important health is until you get sick.