JLPT N3

～て初めて

Only after ～; it was not until ～

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V-て初めて

入院して初めて自分の健康が大切だと思っていました。

It was not until I was hospitalized that I thought my own health was important.

漫画を読んで初めて日本語に興味を持った。

I had an interest in Japanese only after I read manga.