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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 start singing

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

It's no use

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