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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 ...

降り始める ふりはじめる

  1. to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

し始める しはじめる

  1. to begin (doing); to start (doing)

出始める ではじめる

  1. to begin to appear; to begin to come in

吹き始める ふきはじめる

  1. to begin to blow

知り始める しりはじめる

  1. to begin to know

おっ始める おっぱじめる

  1. to begin; to commence; to start

行き始める いきはじめる

  1. to get going; to start off

集め始める あつめはじめる

  1. to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect

打ち始める うちはじめる

  1. to begin (emphatically); to embark on; to launch
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