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Keyword
begin
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig809
Readings
はじ
(80%)
し
(19%)
Composed of
女
woman
台
pedestal
Mnemonic

The woman standing next to a pedestal at the race waves the flag, signalling when to begin.

Used in vocabulary (177 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)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
174 more...
Examples (200 in total)
Let's start with what we can do.
Let's begin, then.
Everyone began to laugh.
I've already started.
We must start now.
Shall we begin now?
Let's get to work now.
What shall I begin with?
I started, but I didn't finish.
You must start immediately.
Let's begin with this problem.
Let's begin at the beginning.
They started working right away.
He began running.
I need to get started.
He began by saying that he would not speak very long.
He began to feel afraid.
The girls began to laugh when they heard the story.
"Have you finished?" "No, I haven't even started."
I've just started to read this book.
Have you started reading the book yet?
The question is when to start.
When we started out, there were things we didn't know.
We must decide when to start.
He started to go to bed early.
You should begin with books you can easily understand.
I hear he's just begun looking for another job.
I don't even know where to start.
Let's get started anyway.
I'm ready to start.
Now, let's begin our job.
He began to shout.
When does it start?
When does it begin?
It's starting now.
When does school start?
School begins tomorrow.
My new lifestyle starts over again tomorrow.
They began to run all at once.
Yes, it has already started.
I started working.
Your future begins today.
Let's begin with that question.
Some stars began to appear in the night sky.
He started to study in earnest.
I have only just begun.
The rain began to turn into snow.
The dog began to run.
War suddenly broke out.
The war began in 1941.
The ground started shaking.
Which shall I begin with?
After he left, she started feeling uneasy.
You should make a fresh start in life.
I will begin anew.
A lot of people are starting to notice it.
I've taken up painting recently.
I'm just beginning.
She turned up just as we were starting our meal.
I want to start now.
She started talking to a dog.
"Is class starting yet?" "Yes, it's starting."
Now, let's begin the class.
She went on talking to her friend even after the class began.
Class is about to start.
They began to make violent attacks against the enemy.
The enemy launched an attack on us.
The man suddenly started shooting his gun.
School begins in the spring.
It's starting to get cold here.
You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.
She had to part with her family when the war began.
Now let's begin the game.
The match is starting just now.
When does the game begin?
They all started laughing at me.
The police began to look into the matter.
Well, let's start our work.
When did man start using tools?
I began to sing when I was a youngster.
He's started looking for a job.
It gradually dawned on me that I had misunderstood him.
Why didn't you finish what you started?
The movie will have started before we get there.
The movie starts.
When does the movie start?
The film has already started.
Has the movie started yet?
As soon as she saw me, she started to laugh.
Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?
The party is just beginning.
Let's start the party.
Let's start the party when he comes.
The party won't start until he shows up.
Shall we start the meeting now?
Start reading where you left off.
The waves are rising.
When do the examinations start?
When does the exam start?
I start every morning with a coffee.
I woke up 5 minutes ago. I need coffee before I can start working.
He began to make excuses.
As soon as he got the novel, he began reading it.
You started pushing me backwards.
I started working as soon as I graduated from college.
All at once they began to laugh.
Mayu fell asleep the moment the movie started.
He began to tremble during the movie.
Start from the basics.
I started this job last summer.
He gave us the signal to begin.
Both nations entered into a war.
The question began to assume a new character.
He started talking about his ideals as usual.
Once you begin, you must continue.
We had lived there for ten years when the war broke out.
As soon as the new teacher entered the classroom, the students began to applaud.
For some reason, I feel sleepy when I start studying.
We began to see what we can deduce from it.
How long have you been living in Tokyo?
The fog began to lift.
We always begin with the hardest problems.
The man began to take off his hat, glasses and mask.
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun."
He has set up a new business.
They sat on a park bench and began talking.
He began to look into the matter.
"Why have you started learning to play the piano?" "Because I want to be a music teacher."
After a while she began to play the piano again.
She is beginning to play the piano.
When she returned home from school, she began to help her mother in the kitchen.
She began to despair of success.
What is the origin of the universe?
Education begins at home.
The female teacher will begin studying English this year.
They started studying English last year.
It is already five years since we began to study English.
I started to learn English with the aim of becoming a teacher.
When did you begin studying English?
Have you begun studying English?
It's been six years since I started to study English.
Let's begin with Lesson 3.
Let's start with Lesson Ten.
She started dancing when she was eight.
The three of them began to laugh.
The war began three years later.
Science begins when you ask why and how.
When did you start dating?
No one remembers when it started.
I started using PCs recently.
Anne was just about to leave the house when the phone began ringing.
Their baby has just started to crawl.
The attack began without enough planning.
Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question.
We entered into a serious conversation.
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
He is beginning to pick up his health again.
I'm starting with beer.
The whole audience got up and started to applaud.
When will the Japanese classes start?
It is forty years since I began studying Japanese.
I'll begin by introducing myself.
Let's start the ball rolling by introducing ourselves.
She stood up and began introducing herself.
He began to learn English.
I don't know how to set about the work.
We three sisters opened a coffee shop.
When we arrived, the lecture had already begun.
After we had tea, we began the discussion.
They entered into a heated discussion.
The two boys began to blame each other.
This is a good place to start the analysis.
I guess I need to start studying harder.
They began to manufacture the machine on a large scale.
2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.
The twenty-first century starts in just a few years.
The twenty-first century begins in 2001.
I started running once a week. And now I run every day.
When will the Japanese course start?
He immediately started the next attack on the republic.
Leo started to roar when he was two years old.
Production of this automobile started in 1980.
Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.
What time does the play start?
Our conversation opened, as usual, upon the weather.
The custom originated in China.
Tests start next week.
I am going to start a new job next week.
I started this job an hour ago.
The drivers began arguing about who was to blame for the accident.
It was not until he was forty that he started to paint pictures.
The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
School begins the day after tomorrow.
Recently he launched a new business.
Father established his business 40 years ago.
His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
She lay down on the floor and started reading.
If I were you, I'd start immediately.
Gradually the true meaning of what he said began to dawn on me.
When the whistle blows, the race will start.