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始まる はじまる N5

  1. to begin; to commence; to start
  2. to begin (anew); to happen (again)
  3. to date (from); to originate (in)

千里の行も足下に始まる せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる

  1. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
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