始める (はじめる) — to begin, to start
始める
to begin
Frequency #151
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
3 characters
ichidan verb · transitive
Part of speech (JMdict: aux-v, v1, vt)
hajimeru
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
はじめる[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to begin
- to start