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.
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.
Let's start the party.
Shall we start the meeting now?
Start from the basics.
I'm starting with beer.
I need to get started.
The question is when to start.
Let's get started anyway.
I'm ready to start.
Now, let's begin our job.
He began to shout.
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've taken up painting recently.
I'm just beginning.
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.
When did you start dating?
I started using PCs recently.
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.
When did you begin playing golf?
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 leaves on the trees have begun to turn red.
A lot of flowers begin to bloom in spring.
The wheel began to roll slowly.
The flame has begun to fade.
He put on his glasses and began to read.
The pain has started to ease now.
Mary started taking her clothes off.
I started to make stew.
We must begin before five.
The volcano has become active again.
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.
I'll start working on October 20th.
"Have you finished?" "No, I haven't even started."
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.
I started this job last summer.
He gave us the signal to begin.
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.
The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
Recently he launched a new business.
His desire is to go into business.
The police started to look into the murder case.
If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.
The ground started to shake and the alarm rang.
I've lost a lot of weight since I started my diet.
We will begin the meeting when Bob comes.
The manager said, "Let's begin with this job."
We began to sail in the direction of the port.
The leaves began to turn red and yellow.
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 did you start learning German?
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.
Their baby has just started to crawl.
Let us begin our analysis by positing the following question.
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 incompetence began to irritate everyone.
My younger brother, who goes to a different school, started last week.
Before the exam, he began to study in earnest.
After a while, she began to believe her own lies.
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.
Two men began to fight on the street at night.
Mr. Smith always begins his lectures with a joke.
He got down on all fours and started searching for the ring.
Tom started studying French three years ago.
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.
Gradually the true meaning of what he said began to dawn on me.
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.
The problem began to assume an international character.
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?
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.
Beethoven went over to the piano, sat down and began to play.