► 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:
- さて、始めましょうか ⇨ Well, why don’t we begin?
- ではこれより討論会を始めます ⇨ OK then let us begin the debate now
- 事業を始めようにも先立つ物が無い (さきだつもの) ⇨ I want to start a new business but I don’t have the prerequisite, fund, resources
- 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
- 彼女は子供達を学校に送り出した後仕事を始める ⇨ She starts her work after sending her kids out to school
- 彼は中卒で働き始めた ⇨ He started working after graduating from junior high school
- そろそろ始めませんか？ ⇨ Isn’t it about time that we start?
- 今から始めても十分間に合う ⇨ We can make it even if we start now
- 国粋主義が再び蠢動し始めた ⇨ Nationalism has started to wiggle like bugs again
- 彼は兄の影響で野球を始めた ⇨ He started playing baseball, influenced by his older brother
- コロナの予防接種が本格化し始めた ⇨ COVID vaccinations are rolling out in earnest
- 日が昇り始めた ⇨ The sun has started to rise
- 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
- 民主主義国家でも再び権力が世襲され始めている ⇨ The power has begun to be inherited again even in the countries under democracy
- 歩行信号が点滅し始めた ⇨ The traffic light started blinking