始まる

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pansimara (to begin, intransitive).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じまる [hàjímárú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ʑima̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "始まる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
始まる じまる [hàjímárú]
Imperative (命令形) 始まれ じまれ [hàjímáré]
Key constructions
Passive 始まられる じまられる [hàjímárárérú]
Causative 始まらせる じまらせる [hàjímárásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 始まろう じまろ [hàjímáróꜜò]
Negative 始まらない じまらない [hàjímáránáí]
Negative perfective 始まらなかった じまらなかった [hàjímáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 始まります じまりま [hàjímárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 始まった じまった [hàjímáttá]
Conjunctive 始まって じまって [hàjímátté]
Hypothetical conditional 始まれば じまれ [hàjímáréꜜbà]

Verb

(はじ)まる • (hajimaru) intransitive godan (stem (はじ)まり (hajimari), past (はじ)まった (hajimatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 始める
mediopassive 始まる
  1. to begin
    映画(えいが)何時(なんじ)(はじ)まりますか?
    Eiga wa nanji ni hajimarimasu ka?
    What time does the movie start?
    不思議(ふしぎ)(たび)(はじ)まるぜ。
    Fushigi na tabi ga hajimaru ze.
    A marvelous journey has started.

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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