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Beginning Begin End Commence Start Origin Train Bus

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi はじ.める、-はじ.める、はじ.まる
Nanori もと
English commence, begin
Examples 開始(かいし): start; commencement; beginning; initiation
始まり(はじまり): origin; beginning
終始(しゅうし): (1) beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end (2) consistently; the whole time
始末(しまつ): (1) management; dealing; settlement (2) cleaning up; getting rid of (3) end result (usu. bad)
始める(はじめる): (1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.) (3) to start (doing something); to begin to ...
原始(げんし): origin; primeval
始発(しはつ): (1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
始まる(はじまる): to begin
始終(しじゅう): continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
始めに(はじめに): to begin with (used as an introduction); first of all; in the beginning
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 244
Components 女: woman; female
台: pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 38
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading おんな・おんなへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword commence
Koohii Story 1 Many men, before they commence their relationship with the woman of their desires, place her on something of a pedestal, which often leads to disappointment later on.
Koohii Story 2 If you want to commence a relationship, just put a woman on a pedestal and she´ll love ya forever.

Tags: grade3, jlpt.n4, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_time

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