JLPT N1
～にして初めて
only after reaching ~; only when one becomes ~
Structure / Usage
Noun + にして初めて
Example Sentences
親になってにして初めて、親のありがたみが分かった。
Only after becoming a parent did I understand how grateful I should be to my own parents.
三十年の研究にして初めて、この発見に至った。
Only after thirty years of research did we arrive at this discovery.
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