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始 : Commence

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commence, begin

On 'yomi:
(shi)
Kun 'yomi:
はじ.める(haji.meru) -はじ.める(haji.meru) はじ.まる(haji.maru)
Nanori:
もと(moto)
Strokes:8
Radical: (38)
Usage Rating:244
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:3
Unicode:059cb
jis208:27-47
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始 Usage examples

押っめる(おっぱじめる)to begin
(はじめね)opening (stock-market) quotation
発駅(しはつえき)starting station
生代(しせいだい)Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
める(きはじめる)to come for the first time, to become for the first time
行きめる(いきはじめる)to get going, to start off
歩き(あるきはじめ)starting to walk
(かいしび)start date
一新(こうしいっしん)undergo a complete change, turn over a new leaf
年末年(ねんまつねんし)period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
無終(むしむじゅう)everlastingness, eternity
集めめる(あつめはじめる)to begin to catch (attention, etc.), to begin to collect
打ちめる(うちはじめる)to begin (emphatically), to launch, to embark on
時刻(かいしじこく)starting time
仕事(しごとはじめ)
仕事(しごとはじめ)
first time that one works in the year
逢うは別れの(あうはわかれのはじめ)those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life), we meet only to part
食べめる(たべはじめる)to start eating