始める
創める
rarely-used kanji form
rarely-used kanji form
Readings
はじめる
hajimeru
hajimeru
English
Meaning restricted to 始める
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish, to begin to ...
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
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Grammar
～始める: to begin/start VERB-ing
Conjugated forms
Present, Future 始める, 始めます
[does], will [do] 始めない, 始めません
doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 始めた, 始めました
[did] 始めなかった, 始めませんでした
didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 始めて, 始めまして 始めないで, 始めませんで 始めなくて
[does], will [do] 始めない, 始めません
doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 始めた, 始めました
[did] 始めなかった, 始めませんでした
didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 始めて, 始めまして 始めないで, 始めませんで 始めなくて
Kanjis
始 ON: シ KUN: はじ.める, -はじ.める, はじ.まる
commence, begin
Stroke: 8 Grade: 3 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-3-5 FC: 4346.6
創 ON: ソウ, ショウ KUN: つく.る, はじ.める, きず, けず.しける
genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
Stroke: 12 Grade: 6 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-10-2 FC: 8260.0
commence, begin
Stroke: 8 Grade: 3 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-3-5 FC: 4346.6
創 ON: ソウ, ショウ KUN: つく.る, はじ.める, きず, けず.しける
genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
Stroke: 12 Grade: 6 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-10-2 FC: 8260.0
Phrases
私たちは姉妹３人で喫茶店を始めた。
We three sisters opened a coffee shop. 飲み過ぎて部屋が回り始めた。
The room started to spin after I drank too much.