Kanji
Readingはじ
Frequency80%
Used in (64 in total)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
origin; beginning
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to begin to walk; to set out
to begin to speak
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to start eating
from the beginning
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to come within sight
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to begin to cry
at first; in the beginning; originally
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to begin to drink
to begin some form of lifestyle
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to begin to blow
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
outset; start; beginning
seeing for the first time; first sight
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
to begin blooming
at first; initially; in the beginning
to get going; to start off
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
to begin to know
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
first appearance (of the season)
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
beginning of month
nothing new; same as always; nothing new about it
In the beginning was the Word
start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
starting to walk
annual New Year's poetry reading
we meet only to part; (lit.) meeting is the first step to parting
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
opening price
birth is the beginning of death
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; (lit.) first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare
ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
a good beginning makes a good ending
beginning-of-file label; header label; HDR
beginning-of-volume label; volume (header) label; volume header
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you