はじめ
Meanings
Verb (1-dan)
1. 新たに物事を行うようにする、又は、それまでと状況を異なるようにする。開始する。
2. 事業などを新たに起こす。創始する。
3. 行為を新たに行うようにする。動作が新たに行われるようになる。
動詞の連用形に付いて
4. はじめ」の形で)代表となるものをまず提示し他はまとめて表すときに用いる。を筆頭に。以下。
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じめる
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
Examples (200 in total)
Let's begin, then.
Let's begin at the beginning.
I've already started.
Shall we begin now?
What shall I begin with?
Let's get to work now.
Which shall I begin with?
I want to start now.
Now, let's begin the class.
Shall we start the meeting now?
Let's start the party.
Start from the basics.
I'm starting with beer.
I need to get started.
The question is when to start.
I'm ready to start.
Let's get started anyway.
He began to shout.
Now, let's begin our job.
I started working.
Let's start with what we can do.
Everyone began to laugh.
I started, but I didn't finish.
Let's begin with this problem.
Let's begin with that question.
The ground started shaking.
I'm just beginning.
I've taken up painting recently.
Now let's begin the game.
He's started looking for a job.
The waves are rising.
He began to make excuses.
The fog began to lift.
I started using PCs recently.
When did you start dating?
The water began to boil.
He's started writing a novel.
The flood began to subside.
My heart started racing.
Let's start translating!
Public opinion began to change.
They started working right away.
I've just started to read this book.
We must decide when to start.
He started to go to bed early.
I don't even know where to start.
You must start immediately.
He started to study in earnest.
I have only just begun.
The rain began to turn into snow.
The dog began to run.
She started talking to a dog.
It's starting to get cold here.
Well, let's start our work.
As soon as she saw me, she started to laugh.
All at once they began to laugh.
Both nations entered into a war.
He has set up a new business.
She began to despair of success.
The three of them began to laugh.
We entered into a serious conversation.
He is beginning to pick up his health again.
I'll begin by introducing myself.
He began to learn English.
After we had tea, we began the discussion.
If I were you, I'd start immediately.
My heart began to beat fast.
The doctor started to examine her.
The wheel began to roll slowly.
The flame has begun to fade.
A lot of flowers begin to bloom in spring.
The leaves on the trees have begun to turn red.
He put on his glasses and began to read.
The pain has started to ease now.
I started to make stew.
Mary started taking her clothes off.
The volcano has become active again.
We must begin before five.
When did Tom start doing that?
Plan your work before you start it.
How old were you when you began playing the piano?
The chimney began to give out smoke.
He begins to sketch no matter where he is.
My son has taken to drinking and smoking.
The eastern sky was getting light.
"Have you finished?" "No, I haven't even started."
They began to run all at once.
Some stars began to appear in the night sky.
You should make a fresh start in life.
A lot of people are starting to notice it.
The police began to look into the matter.
When did man start using tools?
I began to sing when I was a youngster.
Why didn't you finish what you started?
Start reading where you left off.
You started pushing me backwards.
I started working as soon as I graduated from college.
He began to tremble during the movie.
He gave us the signal to begin.
I started this job last summer.
Once you begin, you must continue.
For some reason, I feel sleepy when I start studying.
The attack began without enough planning.
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
The whole audience got up and started to applaud.
I guess I need to start studying harder.
I am going to start a new job next week.
I started this job an hour ago.
The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
Recently he launched a new business.
She lay down on the floor and started reading.
The police started to look into the murder case.
The ground started to shake and the alarm rang.
If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.
I've lost a lot of weight since I started my diet.
We will begin the meeting when Bob comes.
We got up early and set about cleaning our house.
He began to play an old song.
The leaves began to turn red and yellow.
We began to sail in the direction of the port.
The manager said, "Let's begin with this job."
I've just started studying French.
These flowers start blooming in spring.
When did you start learning French?
When did your baby start talking?
She started doing her homework right after dinner.
When we started out, there were things we didn't know.
I hear he's just begun looking for another job.
The man suddenly started shooting his gun.
They all started laughing at me.
It gradually dawned on me that I had misunderstood him.
The question began to assume a new character.
We began to see what we can deduce from it.
How long have you been living in Tokyo?
"Why have you started learning to play the piano?" "Because I want to be a music teacher."
The female teacher will begin studying English this year.
Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question.
Their baby has just started to crawl.
The two boys began to blame each other.
This is a good place to start the analysis.
They began to manufacture the machine on a large scale.
His wounded leg began to bleed again.
My younger brother, who goes to a different school, started last week.
After a while, she began to believe her own lies.
Before the exam, he began to study in earnest.
Without knowing anything, George began to climb the stairs.
John turned his back on the company and started on his own.
Our teacher began singing a song well.
The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.
Let's resume reading where we left off last week.
She began to get the feel of her new office.
Her kindness has become a burden to me.
Mr. Smith always begins his lectures with a joke.
He got down on all fours and started searching for the ring.
Two men began to fight on the street at night.
She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity.
He cleared his throat before starting the lecture.
The musician began to play the violin on the stage.
As soon as he got on the bus, it began to move.
The girls began to laugh when they heard the story.
You should begin with books you can easily understand.
After he left, she started feeling uneasy.
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun."
I don't know how to set about the work.
I started running once a week. And now I run every day.
When spring arrives, I am going to take up a new sport.
Today more and more people begin to use computers.
Smiling cheerfully, the two began to walk off into their brilliant future.
He needed capital to start a new business.
He began by saying that he would not speak very long.
As soon as he got the novel, he began reading it.
He started talking about his ideals as usual.
When she returned home from school, she began to help her mother in the kitchen.
Anne was just about to leave the house when the phone began ringing.
When I started traveling, I rarely felt lonely.
Scientists began to find answers to these questions.
Brian regrets starting a relationship with her and wants to escape from her.
Tom and Mary were friends in high school and started dating a few years after graduating.
As soon as the new teacher entered the classroom, the students began to applaud.
The drivers began arguing about who was to blame for the accident.
Once you have reached informal agreement, you should enter into a contract with the other party.
However, as soon as I saw the situation at the train station I began to regret this decision.
Let's begin with the first chapter.
Let's begin with Lesson 3.
We'll start on page 30.
I began playing tennis at the age of 14.
What prompted you to take up violin?
He began to look into the matter.
She started dancing when she was eight.
Leo started to roar when he was two years old.
It was not until he was forty that he started to paint pictures.
Soon after that, I began to fall asleep.
He started his job in his early forties.
The cancer has begun to spread to other organs.
The man began to take off his hat, glasses and mask.
It is forty years since I began studying Japanese.
You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.
I woke up 5 minutes ago. I need coffee before I can start working.
The birds started singing today at exactly 4:09.
Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.