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Meaning of 始める in Japanese
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始める, 創めるJLPT 4
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Kana Readingはじめる
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Romajihajimeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
- Meaning
- to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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- Parts of speech
- auxiliary verb
- Meaning
- to start (doing something); to begin to ...
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Examples of 始める, 創める, はじめる in a sentence
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Have you finished? "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
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Smiling cheerfully, the two began to walk off into their brilliant future.
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We three sisters opened a coffee shop.
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薬を飲み始めると、すぐに痛みなどの症状はとれてきますが、すぐに潰瘍がなおるわけではありません。
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
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That was when I started going to the pool for exercise.
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また一方で、若者たちは仏教に触れる中で、仏教を心の支えに必要なものと考え始めているようだ。
On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 始める
- Plain Polite
- 始めます
- Negative
- 始めない
- Negative Polite
- 始めません
Past
- Plain
- 始めた
- Plain Polite
- 始めました
- Negative
- 始めなかった
- Negative Polite
- 始めませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 始めて
- Plain Polite
- 始めまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 始められる
- Plain Polite
- 始められます
- Negative
- 始められない
- Negative Polite
- 始められません
Related Kanji
12 strokes
genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
On'Yomi: ソウ, ショウ
Kun'Yomi: つく.る, はじ.める, きず, けず.しける