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始 : Commence

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Components:
女台

commence, begin

On 'yomi:
シ(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:女 (38)
Usage Rating:244
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:3
Unicode:059cb
jis208:27-47
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始 Usage examples

押っ始める(おっぱじめる)to begin
始値(はじめね)opening (stock-market) quotation
始発駅(しはつえき)starting station
始生代(しせいだい)Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
来始める(きはじめる)to come for the first time, to become for the first time
行き始める(いきはじめる)to get going, to start off
歩き始め(あるきはじめ)starting to walk
開始日(かいしび)start date
更始一新(こうしいっしん)undergo a complete change, turn over a new leaf
年末年始(ねんまつねんし)period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
無始無終(むしむじゅう)everlastingness, eternity
集め始める(あつめはじめる)to begin to catch (attention, etc.), to begin to collect
打ち始める(うちはじめる)to begin (emphatically), to launch, to embark on
開始時刻(かいしじこく)starting time
仕事始め(しごとはじめ)
仕事始(しごとはじめ)
first time that one works in the year
逢うは別れの始め(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
食べ始める(たべはじめる)to start eating