► 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:
- さあ、始めましょう ⇨ OK, let’s get started
- 船が傾き始めた ⇨ The ship started listing
- 道楽で始めた園芸が仕事になった ⇨ I started gardening as a hobby and now it is my job
- 赤ちゃんが這いずり始めた ⇨ My baby has started crawling
- 彼は高校中退後働き始めた ⇨ He started working after dropping out of high school
- 僕は最近ギターを弾き始めた ⇨ I recently started playing the guitar
- 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
- 政府は新しい宇宙計画を始めることを公表した ⇨ The government announced that they would start a new space program
- 今始めようとしているところだ ⇨ We are getting started right now
- 彼は中卒で働き始めた ⇨ He started working after graduating from junior high school
- またあいつは何をおっ始めたんだ？ ⇨ What the hell has he started doing?
- そろそろ始めましょう ⇨ Let’s begin. It’s about time to start
- では始めましょう ⇨ Well, let’s start
- エンジンが突然激しく振動し始めた ⇨ The engine suddenly started vibrating hard
- 始めた事は最後までやり通せ ⇨ Finish what you have started