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始め はじめ N5

  1. beginning; opening; outset; start
  2. first (in line, etc.)
  3. origin
  4. not to mention ...; such as ...

始める はじめる N4

  1. to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to start
  2. to establish; to open (e.g. a store); to start up (a business, society, etc.)
  3. to begin to ...; to start ...

始めに言葉ありき はじめにことばありき

  1. In the beginning was the Word

始めは はじめは

  1. at first; in the beginning; originally

始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし

  1. first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare; hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy

始め良ければ終わり良し はじめよければおわりよし

  1. a good beginning makes a good ending

手始め てはじめ

  1. beginning; outset; start

仕事始め しごとはじめ

  1. first time that one works in the year; resuming work after the New Year's vacation

先ず隗より始めよ まずかいよりはじめよ

  1. start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps
  2. he who first suggests it should be the first to do it

御用始め ごようはじめ

  1. re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
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