You usually find out the value of things after losing them.
およそ物事の価値は、失ってみて初めて分かるものだ。
Granted that you are right, we still have to persuade him first.
仮に君が正しいとしても、まず最初に彼を説得しなければならない。
Do you know when the first parliament came into being?
議会が最初に生まれたのはいつだか知っていますか。
Wow, I saw a car painted with anime characters for real. I think it's the first time.
うわ、痛車をリアルに見たの、初めてかも。
That's news to me.
初耳だ。
It was not until the next day that they found her.
翌日になって初めて、彼らは彼女を見つけた。
This is the first time I've heard about it.
初耳だ。
When I was sixteen, I played tennis for the first time.
16歳の時、初めてテニスをした。
But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.
At first he had difficulty telling one student from another.
最初のうちは彼は学生の顔を見分けるのに苦労した。
At first, they were all convinced he was innocent.
最初に、彼らは彼が無罪であることを確信していた。
Please tell me what I should do first.
最初に何をすべきか教えてください。
This is the first time I have visited England.
イングランドを訪れるのはこれが初めてです。
It's the first time he has run across French.
彼はフランス語との最初の出会いです。
Where do you want to go for our first lesson?
さて、初めてのレッスンはどちらで行うのでしょうか。
At first, I thought he was a teacher, but he wasn't.
最初私は彼を先生だと思っていたが、そうではなかった。
She will be the first Japanese woman astronaut.
彼女は日本初の宇宙飛行士となるだろう。
Written as it is in plain English, this book is useful to beginners.
平易な英語で書かれてあるので、この本は初心者に役立つ。
She has 3,500 books in her library and many of them are first editions.
彼女の蔵書は全部で3500冊で多くの初版が入ってる。
Tom was the first to arrive.
最初に着いたのはトムだった。
I'd never seen such expansive scenery.
こんな広大な景色は初めて見ました。
He couldn't carry out his first plan.
彼は最初の計画を実行することができなかった。
It was not until I came to Japan that I ate sashimi.
私は日本に来て初めて刺身を食べた。
It was not until then that I realized my mistake.
そのときになって初めて私は自分の誤りを悟った。
I had stage fright at first, but I got over it quickly.
最初、私は舞台であがってしまったが、すぐに立ち直った。
At first I could not make out what he was saying.
最初私は彼が言っていることが理解できなかった。
But, soft! Methinks I scent the morning air; brief let me be.
や、はや吹き初むる朝明の風。言葉短に物語らん。
You're acting like you know me; this is the first time we're meeting!
初対面なのに、あのなれなれしい態度は何なんだ。
I'm a stranger here myself. I'm afraid I can't help you.
私もこの辺りは初めてです。お役に立てないと思います。
In 1958, Brazil won its first World Cup victory.
ブラジルは1958年にワールドカップ初勝利を果たした。
At first, I mistook him for your brother.
最初、彼をあなたのお兄さんだと勘違いしていました。
The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
Take the first turn to right and then go straight on.
最初の角を右に曲がってまっすぐに行きなさい。
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front por