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始はじめ

N1
はじめ hajime
  1. beginning
  2. start
  3. origin
nounadverb

Chinese meanings

开始

Examples

  • 会あうは別わかれの始はじめ。
    To meet is to part.
    相见便是离别的开始。
  • 旅りょ行こうの初はじめの二日間ふつかかんは雨あめ降ふりだった。
    The first two days of my trip were rainy.
    旅行最初两天下雨了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('47d9978eab'); // 始め
{
  "id": "47d9978eab",
  "word": "始め",
  "reading": "はじめ",
  "romaji": "hajime",
  "meanings": [
    "beginning",
    "start",
    "origin"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1342540,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "会うは別れの始め。",
      "furigana": "{会|あ}うは{別|わか}れの{始|はじ}め。",
      "en": "To meet is to part.",
      "tatoeba_id": 185457
    },
    {
      "ja": "旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。",
      "furigana": "{旅行|りょこう}の{初|はじ}めの{二日間|ふつかかん}は{雨降|あめふ}りだった。",
      "en": "The first two days of my trip were rainy.",
      "tatoeba_id": 162444
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6f2efb2063f52427c6b1138bf28799a17208715db8985a2ec2fb1d1fbb2e76ae",
    "meanings": [
      "开始"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "会うは別れの始め。",
        "zh": "相见便是离别的开始。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。",
        "zh": "旅行最初两天下雨了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/47d9978eab",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1342540; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9658fc23b84c72bd6c519e6cec62b33fa0a6a9353111e04411bc4542fef13c6c"
  }
}