始め

Japanese
Kanji in this term
始
はじ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
初め
一め (rare)

Etymology

Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) はじめ [hàjímé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠ʑime̞]

    Noun

    始(はじ)め • (hajime) 

    1. (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
      始(はじ)めよければ終(お)わりよし。
      Hajime yokereba owari yoshi.
      A good beginning makes a good ending.
    2. (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing

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    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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