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    3. 始まる

    始まる

    始はじま​る​

    to begin

    N5KMT8News #28+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    はじまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to begin, to start, to commence
    2.
    to happen (again), to begin (anew)
    3.
    to date (from), to originate (in)

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    授じゅ業ぎょうは9時じに始はじまります。

    Class starts at 9 o'clock.

    KMT3Daily LifeEducation
    コンサートは予よ定てい通どおり午ご後ご7時じに始はじまった。

    The concert started at 7 PM as scheduled.

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    オリンピックの開かい会かい式しきが、まもなく始はじまります。

    The opening ceremony of the Olympics will begin soon.

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    新あたらしいプロジェクトが来らい週しゅうから始はじまります。

    A new project will start next week.

    KMT8Work & CareerDaily Life
    歴れき史しは、人じん類るいが文も字じを使 い始はじめた時ときから始はじまると言いわれている。

    History is said to begin from the time humanity started using writing.

    KMT9HistoryCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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