始め
N1はじめ hajime
- beginning
- start
- origin
nounadverb
Chinese meanings
开始
Examples
- 会うは別れの始め。To meet is to part.相见便是离别的开始。
- 旅行の初めの二日間は雨降りだった。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"
}
}