Keyword
begin
- commence
- Frequency
- #244
- Strokes
- 8
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N3
- Heisig
- 809
Readings
シ59%
はじ41%
Mnemonic
A woman steps up on the pedestal, raises the flag high, and drops it: the race can begin.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
始め
beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
Noun
始めて
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
Adverb
始める
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish; to start ...; to begin to ...
Ichidan verb
始まる
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
Godan verb
始末
management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal; course of events; circumstances; particulars; end result (usu. bad); outcome; …
Noun
始動
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation; going into action
Noun
終始
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently
Noun
始めに
first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning; Introduction; Preface
Expression
不始末
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance
Noun
始発
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
Noun
後始末
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath; cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
Noun