"初め" meaning in All languages combined

See 初め on Wiktionary

Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡zo̞me̞] Forms: 初め [canonical] (ruby: ()), -zome [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from 初(そ)め (some) above. The so changes to zo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|初め|そめ}} 初(そ)め (some), {{sortkey|ja|初め}} はしめ', {{ja-rendaku2|so|zo}} The so changes to zo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|ぞめ}} 初(ぞ)め • (-zome)
  1. for the first time, typically in the current year Tags: morpheme Derived forms: 書き初め (kakizome) (ruby: (), ()) (english: kakizome (the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year))
    Sense id: en-初め-ja-suffix-A9pF5aTd Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [so̞me̞] Forms: 初め [canonical] (ruby: ()), some [romanization]
Etymology: The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 初(そ)める (someru, “an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time”, auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)), in turn likely cognate with 染める (someru, “to dye something”, when used as an auxiliary, “to do something deeply or thoroughly”). Etymology templates: {{ja-see|始め}}, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|初める|そめる|an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time|pos=auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)}} 初(そ)める (someru, “an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time”, auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)), {{ja-etym-renyokei|初める|そめる|an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time|nodot=1|pos=auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)|sort=そめ'}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 初(そ)める (someru, “an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time”, auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|そめ}} 初(そ)め • (some)
  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 初める (someru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-初め-ja-verb-KbgpkmKo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    "Shinmura Izuru"
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Download raw JSONL data for 初め meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)

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