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JLPT N3
始まり

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

始まり — “beginning, start, origin”

始まり (read はじまり) means beginning, start, origin. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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はじまり

Meaning

beginning, start, origin

始まり in a sentence

物語ものがたりの始はじまりは静しずかだ。

The beginning of the story is quiet.

The kanji in 始まり

始beginning

Words that share a kanji with 始まり

始まるはじまる— (something) begins
初め; 始めはじめ— beginning, start
始めるはじめる— to start, to begin
開始かいし— start, beginning, commencement
原始げんし— primitive, primeval
始終しじゅう— constantly, all the time, from beginning to end

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