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はじめる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
始める
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Reading : はじめる   
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.)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
3. to start ...; to begin to ...  (see also: 為始める; after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 178,184 which gives a rank of 251
始める is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 113,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 51 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 598
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
まえ
はじ
めなければなりません

We must begin before five o'clock.
わりから
にこうめ
二行目
より
はじ
めよ

Let's begin at the last line but one.
わたし
らいしゅう
来週
あたら
しい
しごと
仕事
はじ
めます

I am going to start a new job next week.
はじめる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 68,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6286
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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創める
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Reading : はじめる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 50,000 (about 9,450,000 results)
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シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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ム   private
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ソウ   つく to create   
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ソウ   くら storehouse   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corpse
トウ   かたな sword   
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