知しり初そめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

begin to know; come to know for the first time

Literary or slightly formal verb indicating the start of knowing or becoming acquainted with something or someone. Often used in narrative contexts.

• 彼かの女じょはその町まちで孤こ独どくを知しり初そめた。

  She began to know loneliness in that town.

• 少しょう年ねんは海うみの広ひろさを知しり初そめる。

  The boy comes to know the vastness of the sea for the first time.