I've managed to finish the first three chapters so far.
今のところ何とか最初の3章を読み終えた。
He asked the first person he met near the village.
彼は村の近くで出会った最初の人にたずねました。
At first he didn't know how to do his new job.
最初、新しい仕事をどうしてよいか彼はわからなかった。
At first everybody was convinced of his innocence.
最初はみんな、彼の無実を確信していた。
I didn't like her at first, but now I do.
最初のうちは彼女を好きではなかったが今は好きです。
My first attempt at a cheesecake tasted horrible.
私が初めて作ってみたチーズケーキはひどい味がした。
Modern cars differ from the early ones in many ways.
現代の車は初期の車と多くの点で異なる。
It was the first of the one thousand cranes that Sadako had to make.
その鶴は、禎子が折らなければならない千羽鶴の最初の一羽だった。
I am not the man I was when you knew me first.
今の私は、あなたと初めて会ったころの私ではありません。
I didn't know what to do first.
最初私は何をすればよいかわからなかった。
This news is new to me.
このニュースは初耳です。
It is not until we lose our health that we realize the value of it.
我々は、失って初めて健康の価値を知る。
It's your first time doing this kind of work. You should follow the manual exactly until you get more experience.
君もこの手の仕事は初めてなんだろう?勝手がわかるまではマニュアル通りにやっておいたほうがいいよ。
He soon grows tired of a thing regardless of how much he liked it to begin with.
彼はすぐに物事に飽きてしまう。初めにそれを愛する烈しさにも関わらず。
Let's do this as a first step.
手初めにこれをやってみましょう。
When his theory was first put forward, nobody bought it.
彼の学説が初めて提唱された時は、誰もそれを信じなかった。
When I first met him, I was taken aback by his unexpected question.
初めて彼に会ったとき、意外な質問にびっくりしました。
I was worried about my mistakes at first.
初めのうちは私は自分の誤りが気になりました。
At first he was all at sea in his new job.
最初、新しい仕事をどうしてよいか彼はわからなかった。
This was the first Japanese food I had ever tasted.
これは私が初めて味わった日本料理だった。
At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook.
最初は全てのことを手帳に書き留めようとしました。
To my chief strategist, David Axelrod, who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics! You made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
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.
Whatever you're doing, starting off on the right foot is essential.
何事も最初が肝心だよな。
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.