"始め" meaning in Japanese

See 始め in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [ha̠ʑime̞] Forms: 始め [canonical] (ruby: (はじ)), hajime [romanization]
Etymology: Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”). Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|はじめ}} 始(はじ)め • (hajime)
  1. begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others
    Sense id: en-始め-ja-intj-avjhU5A~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 39 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 41 35 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 39 34

Noun

IPA: [ha̠ʑime̞] Forms: 始め [canonical] (ruby: (はじ)), hajime [romanization]
Etymology: Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|はじめ}} 始(はじ)め • (hajime)
  1. (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
    Sense id: en-始め-ja-noun-EjlH0VW0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 39 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 41 35 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 39 34
  2. (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing
    Sense id: en-始め-ja-noun-poeAgG1w Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 39 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 41 35 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 23 39 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 38 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 39 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 始まり (hajimari) (ruby: (はじ)), 冒頭 (bōtō) (ruby: 冒頭(ぼうとう))
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          "結末",
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        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "ending",
      "roman": "owari",
      "ruby": [
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          "終",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "終わり"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ha̠ʑime̞]"
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    {
      "english": "ending",
      "roman": "owari",
      "ruby": [
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      "word": "終わり"
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      "roman": "oe",
      "ruby": [
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          "お"
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      "word": "終え"
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    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_text": "Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”).",
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          "english": "A good beginning makes a good ending.",
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        "(especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing"
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 始め meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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