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始め

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
始
はじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
初め
一め (rare)

Etymology

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Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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始(はじ)め • (hajime) 

  1. (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
    始(はじ)めよければ終(お)わりよし。
    Hajime yokereba owari yoshi.
    A good beginning makes a good ending.
  2. (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Interjection

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始(はじ)め • (hajime) 

  1. begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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