開始
N3かいし kaishi
- start
- commencement
- beginning
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive
Chinese meanings
开始;启动
Examples
- 天候のためレースの開始は遅れるだろう。The weather will delay the start of the race.因为天气原因,比赛开始时间可能会推迟。
- パーティーの開始に間に合うでしょうか。Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?能赶上聚会开始吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4275479fa8'); // 開始
{
"id": "4275479fa8",
"word": "開始",
"reading": "かいし",
"romaji": "kaishi",
"meanings": [
"start",
"commencement",
"beginning"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1202760,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "天候のためレースの開始は遅れるだろう。",
"furigana": "{天候|てんこう}のためレースの{開始|かいし}は{遅|おく}れるだろう。",
"en": "The weather will delay the start of the race.",
"tatoeba_id": 125053
},
{
"ja": "パーティーの開始に間に合うでしょうか。",
"furigana": "パーティーの{開始|かいし}に{間|ま}に{合|あ}うでしょうか。",
"en": "Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?",
"tatoeba_id": 198470
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "5c8e839bccf9ce3e1dfce3715ecaa9125cf6bb8c99b6520a49e3704dda60c448",
"meanings": [
"开始",
"启动"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "天候のためレースの開始は遅れるだろう。",
"zh": "因为天气原因,比赛开始时间可能会推迟。"
},
{
"ja": "パーティーの開始に間に合うでしょうか。",
"zh": "能赶上聚会开始吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/4275479fa8",
"JMdict ent_seq 1202760; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "fb81d1cf79ab7832c2fafedc2cd6ea9dbd8ba4132ee2b544d9ca226998b1728c"
}
}