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N3

て初めて

💡Meaning

For the first time

📝Usage

Verb[て] + 初めて

⚠️Notes

Emphasizes that something was realized or became possible only after a certain experience. "Not until," "only after." (e.g., 日本に来て初めて、寿司を食べました。- I ate sushi for the first time only after coming to Japan.)