► 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
More examples:
- 春の気配が漂い始めた ⇨ Spring has started floating, is, in the air
- 彼は過去を清算して新しい人生を始めようとしている ⇨ He is trying to settle his past and start a new life
- そろそろ始めませんか？ ⇨ Isn’t it about time that we start?
- 退屈を紛らわすために園芸を始めた ⇨ I have started gardening to relieve boredom
- 日本は欧米のアジア侵略に危機を感じて近代化を始めた ⇨ Japan started its modernization feeling threats from the western invasion of Asia
- 1945年に世界で始めての電子計算機が産声を上げた ⇨ The first electronic computer in the world was born in 1945
- そろそろ始めましょう ⇨ Let’s begin. It’s about time to start
- 彼は事業を始める資金を調達しようとしている ⇨ He is trying to come up with the capital to start his business
- またあいつは何をおっ始めたんだ？ ⇨ What the hell has he started doing?
- 始める前に知って置いたほうが良い事項 ⇨ The items you’d better know before you begin
- 彼女は新しい仕事を始めてから生き生きしている ⇨ She has been glowing since she started her new job
- 彼等は取っ組み合いの喧嘩を始めた ⇨ They started fighting, grabbing each other
- では始めさせて頂きます ⇨ Please allow me to begin then
- それでは式を始めさせて頂きます ⇨ Well then, let me begin the ceremony
- 赤ちゃんが這いずり始めた ⇨ My baby has started crawling