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始める

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

始める — “to start, to begin”

始める (read はじめる) means to start, to begin. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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はじめる

Meaning

to start, to begin

始める in a sentence

今日きょうから日本にほん語ごの勉強べんきょうを始めはじめます。

I'm starting to study Japanese from today.

The kanji in 始める

始beginning

Words that share a kanji with 始める

始まるはじまる— (something) begins
初め; 始めはじめ— beginning, start
開始かいし— start, beginning, commencement
始まりはじまり— beginning, start, origin
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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