| 初めて(P);始めて;甫めて | [はじめて, hajimete] (adv, adj-no) (1) (See 始める・1) for the first time; (adv) (2) (after the -te form of a verb) only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; (P) #1,041 [Add to Longdo] |
| 始め(P);初め(P) | [はじめ, hajime] (n-t, n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (n) (2) (esp. 初め) first (in line, etc.); (3) (esp. 始め) origin; (4) (uk) (esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc.) such as ...; not to mention ...; (P) #1,166 [Add to Longdo] |
| 始める(P);創める | [はじめる, hajimeru] (v1, vt, aux-v) (1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); (aux-v) (3) (See 為始める) to start (doing something); to begin to ...; (P) #2,901 [Add to Longdo] |
| けちのつき始め | [けちのつきはじめ, kechinotsukihajime] (exp) (See けちをつける) the first sign of bad luck; the first bad omen [Add to Longdo] |
| し始める;為始める;仕始める | [しはじめる, shihajimeru] (v1, vt) (See 為る・する・1) to begin; to start [Add to Longdo] |
| になって初めて | [になってはじめて, ninattehajimete] (exp) (it was) not until; (it was) only when [Add to Longdo] |
| まず隗より始めよ | [まずかいよりはじめよ, mazukaiyorihajimeyo] (exp) he who first suggests it should be the first to do it [Add to Longdo] |
| ファイル始めラベル | [ファイルはじめラベル, fairu hajime raberu] (n) { comp } beginning-of-file label; header label; HDR [Add to Longdo] |
| ボリューム始めラベル | [ボリュームはじめラベル, boryu-mu hajime raberu] (n) { comp } beginning-of-volume label; volume (header) label; volume header [Add to Longdo] |
| 逢うは別れの始め | [あうはわかれのはじめ, auhawakarenohajime] (exp) those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part [Add to Longdo] |
| 飲み始める | [のみはじめる, nomihajimeru] (v1) to begin to drink [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌い始める | [うたいはじめる, utaihajimeru] (v1) to start singing [Add to Longdo] |
| 歌会始め;歌会始 | [うたかいはじめ, utakaihajime] (n) annual New Year's poetry reading [Add to Longdo] |
| 弓場始め | [ゆばはじめ, yubahajime] (n) (1) ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); (2) first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families)) [Add to Longdo] |
| 泣き始める | [なきはじめる, nakihajimeru] (v1) to begin to cry [Add to Longdo] |
| 月初め(P);月始め(iK) | [つきはじめ, tsukihajime] (adv, n) beginning of month; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 見始め;見始(io) | [みはじめ, mihajime] (n) seeing for the first time; first sight [Add to Longdo] |
| 言い始める | [いいはじめる, iihajimeru] (v1) (1) to say say previously unspoken thoughts; (2) to start saying; (3) to court someone [Add to Longdo] |
| 御歌会始 | [おうたかいはじめ, outakaihajime] (n) annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court) [Add to Longdo] |
| 御用始め;ご用始め | [ごようはじめ, goyouhajime] (n) (See 御用納め) re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. Jan. 4) [Add to Longdo] |
| 行き始める | [いきはじめる, ikihajimeru] (v1) to get going; to start off [Add to Longdo] |
| 講書始 | [こうしょはじめ, koushohajime] (n) Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences) [Add to Longdo] |
| 降り始める | [ふりはじめる, furihajimeru] (v1) to begin to fall (rain, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 今に始めぬ | [いまにはじめぬ, imanihajimenu] (exp) (id) It's nothing new [Add to Longdo] |
| 咲き始める | [さきはじめる, sakihajimeru] (v1) to begin blooming [Add to Longdo] |
| 散り始める | [ちりはじめる, chirihajimeru] (v1) to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 仕事始め(P);仕事始(io) | [しごとはじめ, shigotohajime] (n) resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 始めから | [はじめから, hajimekara] (exp) from the beginning [Add to Longdo] |
| 始めに(P);初めに | [はじめに, hajimeni] (exp) to begin with (used as an introduction); first of all; in the beginning; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 始めに言葉ありき | [はじめにことばありき, hajimenikotobaariki] (exp) In the beginning was the Word (John 1 [Add to Longdo] |
| 始めのころ | [はじめのころ, hajimenokoro] (exp, adj-no) early [Add to Longdo] |
| 始めは;初めは | [はじめは, hajimeha] (exp) at first; in the beginning; originally [Add to Longdo] |
| 始め良ければ終わり良し | [はじめよければおわりよし, hajimeyokerebaowariyoshi] (exp) (id) A good beginning makes a good ending [Add to Longdo] |
| 始値 | [はじめね, hajimene] (n) opening (stock-market) quotation [Add to Longdo] |
| 事始め | [ことはじめ, kotohajime] (n) (1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) (See 仕事始め) resuming work after the New Year's vacation [Add to Longdo] |
| 手始め | [てはじめ, tehajime] (n) outset; start; beginning; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 手初めに | [てはじめに, tehajimeni] (adv) at first; at the outset; beginning [Add to Longdo] |
| 集め始める | [あつめはじめる, atsumehajimeru] (v1) to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect [Add to Longdo] |
| 出始め | [ではじめ, dehajime] (n) first appearance (of the season) [Add to Longdo] |
| 出始める;出はじめる | [ではじめる, dehajimeru] (v1) to begin to appear; to begin to come in [Add to Longdo] |
| 初めとする | [はじめとする, hajimetosuru] (exp) comencing with; including [Add to Longdo] |
| 初めまして;始めまして | [はじめまして, hajimemashite] (exp) (uk) How do you do?; I am glad to meet you [Add to Longdo] |
| 書き始める;描き始める | [かきはじめる, kakihajimeru] (v1) (1) (esp. 書き始める) to begin to write; to begin writing; (2) (esp. 描き始める) to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting [Add to Longdo] |
| 食べ始める;食べはじめる | [たべはじめる, tabehajimeru] (v1) (See 始める・3, 食べる・1) to start eating [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹き始める | [ふきはじめる, fukihajimeru] (v1) to begin to blow [Add to Longdo] |
| 世界で初めて | [せかいではじめて, sekaidehajimete] (exp, adj-no) world's first; world-first [Add to Longdo] |
| 生まれて初めて | [うまれてはじめて, umaretehajimete] (exp) for the first time in one's life [Add to Longdo] |
| 打ち始める | [うちはじめる, uchihajimeru] (v1) to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on [Add to Longdo] |
| 知り始める | [しりはじめる, shirihajimeru] (v1) (See 始める, 知る) to begin to know [Add to Longdo] |
| 通い始める | [かよいはじめる, kayoihajimeru] (v1) to begin to attend (e.g. school) [Add to Longdo] |
