(formal, literary) new, novel / fresh / renewed / 灼: efficacious

to exceed, to go over, to be more than, to cross / to surpass, to excel / to transcend

border / boundary / staircase / hundred quintillion

A number of 10²⁰ in modern Japanese since 17th century.

life / Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend