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始はじめ

はじめ hajime Play N1 Noun Adverb

物事が始まる時点や、そこから始まる初めの部分。 beginning; start; origin

Example 1

会あうは別わかれの始はじめ。

To meet is to part.

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Example 2

旅行りょこうの初はじめの二日間ふつかかんは雨降あめふりだった。

The first two days of my trip were rainy.

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Kanji breakdown

始

N4

commence; begin

On reading
シ
Kun reading
はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
Radical
女
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N1

しまつ

management; dealing; settlement; cleaning up afterwards

Illustration of 始発
N1

しはつ

first train

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N1

しゅうし

beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end

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N5

はじまる

to begin

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N4

はじめる

to begin