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commence, begin

Kunはじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
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Radicals

Common words

  • 開始かいし
    start, commencement, beginning, initiation
  • 始まりはじまり
    origin, beginning, start
  • 終始しゅうし
    beginning and end, doing something from beginning to end, being unchanged from beginning to end, from beginning to end, the whole time, throughout, consistently
  • 年始ねんし
    beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings
  • 始末しまつ
    management, dealing with, settlement, cleaning up, disposal, course of events, circumstances, particulars, end result (usu. bad), outcome, economizing, economising, frugality, being thrifty
  • 始めはじめ
    beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
  • 始めるはじめる
    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 ...
  • 原始げんし
    origin, beginning, genesis, primeval, primordial, primitive
  • 始発しはつ
    first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
  • 後始末あとしまつ
    settlement (of a matter), sorting out, winding up (affairs), dealing with the aftermath, cleaning up afterwards, tidying up (when finished)
  • 始まるはじまる
    to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in)
  • 不始末ふしまつ
    omission, failure, incompleteness, irregularity, mismanagement, misconduct, malpractice, carelessness, wastefulness, extravagance
  • 始終しじゅう
    continuously, from beginning to end, from first to last