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56 word matches found for '始' using reading 'はじ'
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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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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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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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noun
origin; beginning
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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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noun
outset; start; beginning
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expression
It's no use
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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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noun
annual New Year's poetry reading
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Most common form: 月初め
adverb, noun
beginning of month
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Most common form: 出はじめる
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
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to start eating  (see also: 始める, 食べる)
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to come for the first time; to become for the first time
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expression
from the beginning
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noun
seeing for the first time; first sight
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noun
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4)  (see also: 御用納め)
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Most common form: 為始める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to begin; to start  (see also: 為る)
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Most common form: 初めは
expression
at first; in the beginning; originally
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1. to say say previously unspoken thoughts
2. to start saying
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expression
nothing new; same as always; nothing new about it
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noun
starting to walk
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to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
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to begin to know  (see also: 始める, 知る)
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to begin to speak
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noun
first appearance (of the season)
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to begin to attend (e.g. school)
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Most common form: 手初めに
at first; at the outset; to begin with
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early
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to start singing
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