I Love Kanji始める (hajimeru)
始める (はじめる, hajimeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to start; to begin”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はじめる
- Romaji
- hajimeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate · ichidan verb, transitive
- to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish · ichidan verb, transitive
- to start ...; to begin to ... · auxiliary verb, ichidan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 始める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 始める | はじめる hajimeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 始めます | はじめます hajimemasu |
| Negative | 始めない | はじめない hajimenai |
| Polite negative | 始めません | はじめません hajimemasen |
| Past | 始めた | はじめた hajimeta |
| Polite past | 始めました | はじめました hajimemashita |
| Negative past | 始めなかった | はじめなかった hajimenakatta |
| Te-form | 始めて | はじめて hajimete |
| Potential | 始められる | はじめられる hajimerareru |
| Passive | 始められる | はじめられる hajimerareru |
| Causative | 始めさせる | はじめさせる hajimesaseru |
| Volitional | 始めよう | はじめよう hajimeyou |
| Imperative | 始めろ | はじめろ hajimero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 始めれば | はじめれば hajimereba |
Kanji in 始める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 始める.
始まるはじまるto begin開始かいしstart始まりはじまりorigin原始げんしorigin始終しじゅうcontinuously始めにはじめにfirst始発しはつfirst departure (of the day)始末しまつmanagement終始しゅうしbeginning and end
Source: JMdict entry 1307550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.