始める

Meanings

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

Part of speech: ichidan verb, transitive, auxiliary verb

Kanji

• 始

  Meanings

  commence, begin

  On reading

  シ

  Kun reading

  はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• いつゴルフを始めたのですか。

  When did you begin playing golf?

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• 私たちは姉妹３人で喫茶店を始めた。

  We three sisters opened a coffee shop.

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• 飲み過ぎて部屋が回り始めた。

  The room started to spin after I drank too much.

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