初はつに

adverb

for the first time

Used when something happens or is done for the first time. Often appears in formal or written contexts, but also in everyday speech.

• 初はつにこの地ちを訪おとずれたのは十じゅう年ねん前まえです。

  It was ten years ago that I first visited this place.

• 初はつに会あったときから、彼かれには親したしみを感かんじた。

  From the first time I met him, I felt a sense of familiarity.