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今日の漢字
Grade 3JLPT N4

commence, begin

8 strokes · frequency rank #244

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Kun
はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Common words

  1. かいしstart; commencement; beginning; initiation1
    • What time does boarding begin?

    • The hostile army began to attack.

    • The play begins at 2 p.m.

  2. はじまりorigin; beginning; start2
    • Well begun is half done.

    • Lying and stealing live next door to each other.

    • What is the origin of the universe?

  3. しゅうしbeginning and end3
    • The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.

    • I wore several hats at my last office so I'd like to specialize this time.

    • The students sat still all the time.

  4. そうしcreation; founding; initiating4
  5. げんしorigin; beginning; genesis5
    • The anthropologist delivered a lecture on primitive cultures.

    • In primitive societies barter was used.

    • If you are a member of a primitive community and you wish to produce, say, food, there are two things that you must do.

  6. はじめbeginning; start; outset; opening6
    • To meet is to part.

  7. しどうstarting (a machine, engine, etc.)7
    • Press this button to start the machine.

    • I got the machine running.

    • I got the engine going.

  8. しまつmanagement; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up8
    • He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.

    • Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.

    • What shall I do with it?

  9. しぎょうstart of work; commencement; opening9
    • About the same time as he entered the classroom and arrived at his seat, the chime to announce class rings across the school.

  10. しはつfirst departure (of the day); first train; first bus10
    • Did you catch the first train?

    • What time does the first train leave?

    • I had wanted to catch the first train.

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