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
at first; in the beginning; originally
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
at first; initially; in the beginning
commencing with; including
beginning of month
at first; initially; in the beginning
beginning of the (fiscal) year
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
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.