はじ
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
Noun
2. first (in line, etc.)
esp. 初め
3. origin
esp. 始め
4. such as ...; not to mention ...
esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc.
Kanji used
first time
Pitch accent
じめ
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
from the beginning
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
Examples (3 in total)
He stayed with us until the beginning of this month.
The first two days of my trip were rainy.
In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.