► 動詞
始まる [はじまる] meaning: start rank: 1
☆ また彼女の文句が始まった ⇨ Her complaining has started again. Here goes her bitching again
☆ 試合は六時に始まる ⇨ The game starts at 6
始める [はじめる] meaning: start rank: 1
☆ そろそろ始めましょう ⇨ Why don’t we begin?
☆ 僕は最近ギターを弾き始めた ⇨ I recently started playing the guitar
☆ 空が明るくなり始めた ⇨ Light has begun to appear in the sky. Dawn is breaking
始まる [はじまる] [今に始まった事] meaning: start rank: 1
☆ 彼の無責任は今に始まった事ではない ⇨ His being irresponsible hasn’t just started, is nothing new
始まる [はじまる] [始まらない] [coll] meaning: meaningless rank: 3
☆ 今更そんなことを言っても始まらない ⇨ Saying something like that now won’t change anything, do any good
► 名詞
始め [はじめ] meaning: start rank: 1
☆ やり始めは面白かったがすぐに飽きてしまった ⇨ It was fun when I started doing it, but got bored quickly
☆ 始めからもう一度やり直して ⇨ Do it all over again from the beginning
☆ 年の始め ⇨ The beginning of a year
☆ 社長を始めとして殆どの経営陣が入れ替わった ⇨ Most of the management starting from the CEO have been replaced
始まり [はじまり] meaning: start rank: 2
☆ それでは始まり始まり～ ⇨ OK, let’s get it started! (☛ A common phrase when you start a show, story, typically for children)
☆ それが不幸の連続の始まりだった ⇨ That was the beginning of the series of misfortune (☛ The first one of a series)