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始める、創める はじめる hajimeru

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  1. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
  2. Ichidan verbtransitive verb to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
  3. auxiliary verbIchidan verb to start ...; to begin to ...

Kanji in this word

commence, begin

Example sentences

彼は勉強を始めるとどうして眠気を催すのだろうか。
kare ha benkyou wo hajimeru to dou shi te nemuke wo moyoosu no darou ka 。
Why should he feel drowsy whenever he begins to study?
彼は別の仕事を探し始めたと聞いています。
kare ha betsu no shigoto wo sagashi hajime ta to kii te i masu 。
I hear he's just begun looking for another job.
彼女がその本を読み始めたと思ったらすぐに、誰かがドアをノックした。
kanojo ga sono hon wo yomi hajime ta to omoxtsu tara sugu ni 、 dare ka ga doa wo nokku shi ta 。
She had hardly begun to read the book before someone knocked at the door.
彼は彼の仕事を40代のはじめに始めた。
kare ha kare no shigoto wo footexi dai no hajime ni hajime ta 。
He started his job in his early forties.
暖炉には薪が足りず、早くも火勢が衰え始めている。
danro ni ha takigi ga tari zu 、 hayaku mo kasei ga otoroe hajime te iru 。
Without enough wood on the fire, the flames are already beginning to die down.
彼は独立して商売を始めた。
kare ha dokuritsu shi te shoubai wo hajime ta 。
He went into business on his own account.

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