はじ
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
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
Kanji used
begin
Pitch accent
じめる
Top 300
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to begin to walk; to set out
to begin to speak
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
Examples (200 in total)
Let's begin, then.
Let's begin at the beginning.
I've already started.