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始はじめ
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Meanings
Noun
Adverb
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
Noun
2. first (in line, etc.) (esp. 初め)
3. origin (esp. 始め)
4. such as ...; not to mention ... (Usually kana, esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc.)
Other spellings
初はじめはじめ
Kanji used
始begin
Kanji in other spellings
初first time
Pitch accent
はじめ
Used in vocabulary
月つき初はじめ
beginning of the month
Noun
初はじめに
first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning; Introduction; Preface
Expression
仕し事ごと始はじめ
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
Noun
手て始はじめ
outset; start; beginning
Noun
歌うた会かい始はじめ
Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace
Noun
事こと始はじめ
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
Noun
御ご用よう始はじめ
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
Noun
初はじめから
from the beginning
Expression
初はじめは
at first; in the beginning; originally
Expression
年ねん度ど初はじめ
beginning of the (fiscal) year
Noun
出で始はじめ
first appearance (of the season)
Noun
始はじめ値ね
opening price
Noun
Examples105
We never meet without parting.
At this language centre, about 15 international languages are taught, including English.
The first two days of my trip were rainy.
You should have mentioned it at the outset.
Get the work started straight away!
At first, I didn't like him.