"初める" meaning in Japanese

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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初められる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "someyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "someta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "初めれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "そめれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "somereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "そめる",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "初(そ)める • (someru) transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 初(そ)め (some), past 初(そ)めた (someta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to begin, to start"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "始める"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そめる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞me̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "初める"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "始める"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "初める"
}