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This will be his first match in the public eye.
この試合が彼にとっては、最初の大きな試合になる。
The student who finishes the examination first does not always get the best grade.
最初に試験を終えた生徒が必ずしも一番良い成績を取るとは限らない。
I refused at first.
初めは断ったんです。
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.
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。
Try it again from the first.
最初からもう一度やってごらん。
Frederic Chopin wrote his first composition when he was seven years old.
フレデリック・ショパンは7歳で最初の作品を書いた。
The first batter was caught out.
最初の打者はアウトになった。
He was the first to come.
彼が最初に来た。
The disease is still in the primary stage.
病気はまだ初期の段階です。
To make a long story short, he married his first love.
早い話が、彼は初恋の人と結婚したんだ。
There were many upsets right from the first day.
初日から番狂わせが多かった。
The first snow came before long.
まもなく初雪が降った。
People usually find it very difficult to break the ice when they meet someone extremely attractive for the first time.
とても魅力的な人に初めて会って、話の糸口を見つけるのは、たいていかなり難しいものだ。
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。
Whoever comes first will get the best seats.
最初にくる人は誰でもいちばんよい席を取る。
Tom was the first one to recognize Mary's musical talent.
メアリーの音楽的才能を最初に見出したのはトムだった。
This is the first time I've heard that word.
その言葉は初耳です。
You're right when you say how high the wall is; I was nervous at first, too.
いくら壁が高いといっても、私も最初はおっかなびっくりでしたよ。
For the residents of Edo, the first bonito of the year was something that had to be bought, even if it meant borrowing money.
江戸っ子にとって、初鰹は借金しても食べるべきものだった。
This text is aimed at beginners.
このテキストは初心者向きにできている。
It was my first night among strangers.
それは私が初めて他人の中で過ごした夜でした。
It was not until Chikako left me that I realized how much I loved her.
千賀子がいなくなって初めて彼女をどんなに好きだったかに気づいた。
The other day I went fishing for the first time in my life.
この間生まれて初めて魚釣りに行った。
At first we used to go separately, but one day we started going and returning together.
最初は別々だったんですがある日一緒行き帰りするようになりました。
Who will raise the question in the first place?
誰が最初にその問題を取り上げるのだろうか。
What a revelation!
これは初耳だ。
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."