はじめる – Vocabulary details

はじめる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate

ここから始はじめることにする。I have decided to start from here.

2. to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish

Auxiliary verb (1-dan)

3. to start ...; to begin to ...

after the -masu stem of a verb

ここに住すみ始はじめたの。I started living here.

は

じめる

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

でははじめましょう。

Let's begin, then.

最さい初しょからはじめよう。

Let's begin at the beginning.

もうはじめてるよ。

I've already started.

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