"始まる" meaning in Japanese

See 始まる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ha̠ʑima̠ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pansimara (“to begin”, intransitive). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*pansimara|pos=intransitive|t=to begin}} Proto-Japonic *pansimara (“to begin”, intransitive) Head templates: {{ja-verb|はじまる|tr=intrans|type=1}} 始(はじ)まる • (hajimaru) intransitive godan (stem 始(はじ)まり (hajimari), past 始(はじ)まった (hajimatta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|はじま|4-r}} Forms: 始まる [canonical] (ruby: (はじ)), hajimaru [romanization], 始まり [stem] (ruby: (はじ)), 始まった [past] (ruby: (はじ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 始まら [error-unrecognized-form], はじまら [error-unrecognized-form], hajimara [error-unrecognized-form], 始まり [error-unrecognized-form], はじまり [error-unrecognized-form], hajimari [error-unrecognized-form], 始まる [error-unrecognized-form], はじまる [error-unrecognized-form], hajimaru [error-unrecognized-form], 始まれ [error-unrecognized-form], はじまれ [error-unrecognized-form], hajimare [error-unrecognized-form], 始まられる [passive], はじまられる [passive], hajimarareru [passive], 始まらせる [causative], 始まらす [causative], はじまらせる [causative], はじまらす [causative], hajimaraseru [causative], hajimarasu [causative], 始まれる [potential], はじまれる [potential], hajimareru [potential], 始まろう [volitional], はじまろう [volitional], hajimarō [volitional], 始まらない [negative], はじまらない [negative], hajimaranai [negative], 始まらず [continuative, negative], はじまらず [continuative, negative], hajimarazu [continuative, negative], 始まります [formal], はじまります [formal], hajimarimasu [formal], 始まった [perfective], はじまった [perfective], hajimatta [perfective], 始まって [conjunctive], はじまって [conjunctive], hajimatte [conjunctive], 始まれば [conditional, hypothetical], はじまれば [conditional, hypothetical], hajimareba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 始まら [irrealis, stem], はじまら [irrealis, stem], fazimara [irrealis], 始まり [continuative, stem], はじまり [continuative, stem], fazimari [continuative], 始まる [stem, terminative], はじまる [stem, terminative], fazimaru [terminative], 始まる [attributive, stem], はじまる [attributive, stem], fazimaru [attributive], 始まれ [realis, stem], はじまれ [realis, stem], fazimare [realis], 始まれ [imperative, stem], はじまれ [imperative, stem], fazimare [imperative], 始まらず [negative], はじまらず [negative], fazimarazu [negative], 始まれど [contrastive], はじまれど [contrastive], fazimaredo [contrastive], 始まれば [causative], はじまれば [causative], fazimareba [causative], 始まらば [conditional], はじまらば [conditional], fazimaraba [conditional], 始まりき [past], はじまりき [past], fazimariki [past], 始まりけり [past], はじまりけり [past], fazimarikeri [past], 始まりつ [perfect], はじまりつ [perfect], fazimaritu [perfect], 始まりぬ [perfect], はじまりぬ [perfect], fazimarinu [perfect], 始まれり [continuative, perfect], 始まりたり [continuative, perfect], はじまれり [continuative, perfect], はじまりたり [continuative, perfect], fazimareri [continuative, perfect], fazimaritari [continuative, perfect], 始まらむ [volitional], はじまらむ [volitional], fazimaramu [volitional]
  1. to begin Synonyms: 開始 (kaishi suru) (ruby: 開始(かいし)) Related terms: 始める (hajimeru) (ruby: (はじ)) [transitive], 始まり (hajimari) (ruby: (はじ)) (english: origin, beginning), 始め (hajime) (ruby: (はじ)) (english: origin, beginning)
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      "form": "はじまらず",
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      "form": "hajimarazu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "始まります",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "はじまります",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "hajimarimasu",
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      "form": "始まった",
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      "form": "はじまって",
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      "form": "始まれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "はじまれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "始まら",
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      "form": "はじまら",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "始まり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "はじまり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "fazimari",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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    {
      "form": "はじまる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fazimaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "はじまる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "はじまれ",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "fazimare",
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      "tags": [
        "realis"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaraba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaritu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimarinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまれり",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "はじまりたり",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fazimareri",
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaritari",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaramu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              25,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              17,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What time does the movie start?",
          "roman": "Eiga wa nanji ni hajimarimasu ka?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "映画",
              "えいが"
            ],
            [
              "何時",
              "なんじ"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "映画は何時に始まりますか?",
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        },
        {
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              24,
              31
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          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A marvelous journey has started.",
          "roman": "Fushigi na tabi ga hajimaru ze.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "不思議",
              "ふしぎ"
            ],
            [
              "旅",
              "たび"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "不思議な旅が始まるぜ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "id": "en-始まる-ja-verb-DLs6TMLQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
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        {
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    }
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}
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "始まられる",
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      "form": "はじまられる",
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      "form": "はじまらせる",
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      "form": "hajimaraseru",
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      "form": "hajimarasu",
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    },
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      "form": "始まれる",
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    {
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      "form": "hajimareru",
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    {
      "form": "始まろう",
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      "form": "はじまろう",
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      "form": "始まらない",
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    {
      "form": "はじまらない",
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      "form": "hajimaranai",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "始まらず",
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      "form": "はじまらず",
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      "form": "hajimarazu",
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        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "始まります",
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    {
      "form": "はじまります",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hajimarimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まった",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "はじまった",
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      "form": "はじまって",
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      "form": "hajimatte",
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      "form": "fazimara",
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        "irrealis"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まり",
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        "stem"
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    },
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        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fazimari",
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        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まる",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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        "imperative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "始まらず",
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        "negative"
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    {
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        "negative"
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      "form": "fazimarazu",
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        "negative"
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    {
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      "form": "fazimaredo",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "始まれば",
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    },
    {
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        "causative"
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      "form": "fazimareba",
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        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "始まらば",
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        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "はじまらば",
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        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaraba",
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まりき",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "fazimariki",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "始まりけり",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりけり",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimarikeri",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "始まりつ",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "始まりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまりぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fazimarinu",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
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        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "始まらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はじまらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fazimaramu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tr": "intrans",
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      },
      "expansion": "始(はじ)まる • (hajimaru) intransitive godan (stem 始(はじ)まり (hajimari), past 始(はじ)まった (hajimatta))",
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    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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    {
      "roman": "hajimeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "始",
          "はじ"
        ]
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        "transitive"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "origin, beginning",
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    },
    {
      "english": "origin, beginning",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
        "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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              30
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              29
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            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "What time does the movie start?",
          "roman": "Eiga wa nanji ni hajimarimasu ka?",
          "ruby": [
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              "映画",
              "えいが"
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            [
              "何時",
              "なんじ"
            ],
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              "始",
              "はじ"
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          ],
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        },
        {
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              24,
              31
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          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              19,
              27
            ]
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            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A marvelous journey has started.",
          "roman": "Fushigi na tabi ga hajimaru ze.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "不思議",
              "ふしぎ"
            ],
            [
              "旅",
              "たび"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "不思議な旅が始まるぜ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "はじまる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ha̠ʑima̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kaishi suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "開始",
          "かいし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "開始"
    }
  ],
  "word": "始まる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 始まる meaning in Japanese (10.7kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "始まる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "始まる"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "始まる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "始まる",
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}

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    "始まる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "始まる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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    "始まる"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "始まる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.