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始 kanji
commence, begin
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
はじめる-はじめるはじまる
Variant forms
乨兘Words with 始
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3開始Popularstart; commencement; beginning; initiation
- N2原始Popularorigin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
- N2始終Popularcontinuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
- N1始発Popularfirst departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
- N1始末Popularmanagement; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal; course of events; circumstances; particulars; end result (usu. bad); outcome; economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty
- N1終始Popularbeginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently
- —始業Popularstart of work; commencement; opening
- —始動Popularstarting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation; going into action
- —創始Popularcreation; founding; initiating
- —年始Popularbeginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
- —後始末Popularsettlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); dealing with the aftermath; cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
- —不始末Popularomission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct; malpractice; carelessness; wastefulness; extravagance
- —開始時刻Popularstarting time
- —元始origin
- —更始renewal; reform
- —始祖founder; originator; pioneer
- —無始beginninglessness; distant past
- —始原start; origin; beginnings
- —始期beginning period; initial term
- —始端start edge