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Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

begin — to start, to initiate
→ 始める (hajimeru)

More translations:

begin
→ 始める

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)

    SynonymsMenachem Begin

VERB 10

  1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

    • “We began working at dawn”
    • “Who will start?”
    • “Get working as soon as the sun rises!”
    • “The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”
    • “He began early in the day”
    • “Let's get down to work now”
    Synonymsget downgetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence

  2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

    • “The DMZ begins right over the hill”
    • “The second movement begins after the Allegro”
    • “Prices for these homes start at $250,000”
    Synonymsstart

  3. set in motion, cause to start

    • “The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
    • “The Iraqis began hostilities”
    • “begin a new chapter in your life”
    Synonymslead offstartcommence
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  1. begin to speak or say; he began

    • “Now listen, friends,"”

  2. be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; begins the sequence"

    • “The number `one'”
    • “A terrible murder begins the novel”
    • “The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester”

  3. have a beginning, of a temporal event

    • “WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland”
    • “The company's Asia tour begins next month”

  4. have a beginning characterized in some specified way

    • “The novel begins with a murder”
    • “My property begins with the three maple trees”
    • “Her day begins with a workout”
    • “The semester begins with a convocation ceremony”
    Synonymsstart

  5. begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

    • “begin a cigar”
    • “She started the soup while it was still hot”
    • “We started physics in 10th grade”
    Synonymsstart

  6. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

    • “This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation”
    • “You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war”

  7. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language

    • “She began Russian at an early age”
    • “We started French in fourth grade”