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始め (はじめ) — beginning · Nihongo Circle

始め

はじめ

adverb

Meanings

1beginning
2start
3outset
4first (in line, etc.)
5origin
6such as ...
7not to mention ...

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Kanji in this word

始Commence, Begin8 strokes

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