► 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:
- 今から始めても十分間に合う ⇨ We can make it even if we start now
- 彼は中卒で働き始めた ⇨ He started working after graduating from junior high school
- 彼等は取っ組み合いの喧嘩を始めた ⇨ They started fighting, grabbing each other
- 有志の人達が集まって始めた運動 ⇨ The movement started by a group of people who share the same goals
- 退屈を紛らわすために園芸を始めた ⇨ I have started gardening to relieve boredom
- 彼は友達に新しい事業を始める話を持ちかけた ⇨ He approached his friend about starting a new venture
- 試合開始早々雨が振り始めた ⇨ It started raining as soon as the game began
- ピアノは最近始めたばかりだから未だ殆ど弾けない ⇨ I’ve just started playing the piano recently, so I still can’t play much
- 彼は二十代に禿げ始めた ⇨ He started losing hair in his 20’s
- 彼はやっと本気になって勉強し始めた ⇨ He’s finally started studying in earnest
- 自分で始めたことは最後までやり通せよ ⇨ Finish what you started
- 子供は二歳ぐらいから自我が芽生え始める ⇨ Children will have identity, self-awareness, growing at around 2 years old
- さて、始めましょうか ⇨ Well, why don’t we begin?
- 私はひょんなきっかけで今の仕事を始めた ⇨ I started my current job with a strange coincidence
- 私はその本を始めから終わりまで一気に読んだ ⇨ I read that book from the beginning to the end in one go