始める

はじめる

to start

N4 #3,092

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, transitive to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
  2. to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
  3. auxiliary verb, ichidan verb, after the -masu stem of a verb to start ...; to begin to ...

Its kanji

In sentences

始はじめました。 It has begun. #1683427

始はじめましょう。 Let's begin. #442923

夜よるが明あけ始はじめた。 It began to dawn. #79757

まだ始はじめないで。 Don't start yet. #8596036

もう始はじめないと。 We must start now. #11095668

もう始はじめてるよ。 I've already started. #12057830

では始はじめましょう。 Then let us begin. #202136

さあ、始はじめましょう。 Let's get going. #216932