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1 exact word match found in search '始め'
は じ め 0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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10 words found beginning with '始め'
は じ め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
2. to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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は じ め て 2
Most common form: 初めて
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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Most common form: はじめまして
expression
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you  (often written with kana only)
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は じ め に 0 は じ め に 4
Most common form: はじめに
expression
1. first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning
2. Introduction; Preface  (as section heading of a book, etc.; often written with kana only)
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expression
at first; initially; in the beginning
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expression
from the beginning
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Most common form: 初めは
expression
at first; in the beginning; originally
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early
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expression
In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)
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expression
A good beginning makes a good ending  (idiomatic expression)
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6 words found containing '始め' in any position
expression
birth is the beginning of death  (proverb; rare)
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expression
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare  (from Sun Tzu's Art of War; proverb)
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Most common form: 始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし
(same as above)
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expression
at first; initially; in the beginning
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Most common form: 始めの内
(same as above)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
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