1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
ここから始めることにする。I have decided to start from here.
2. to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
3. to start ...; to begin to ...
after the -masu stem of a verb
ここに住み始めたの。I started living here.