初め

はじめ

beginning

N5 #1,205

Also a form of

Meanings

also 始め

  1. noun, adverb beginning; start; outset; opening
  2. noun, esp. 初め first (in line, etc.)
  3. esp. 始め origin
  4. usually in kana, esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc. such as ...; not to mention ...

ぞめ also 初

  1. suffix, after the -masu stem of a verb first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは３０代よの初はじめだ。 He is in his early thirties. #115151

初はじめよければすべてよし。 Well begun, well finished. #147521

初はじめの一歩いっぽが唯一ゆいいつの難関なんかん。 The first step is the hardest. #147531