始めはじめ

hajime

beginning; start; origin

Example sentences

  1. 彼は20代の始めの方だ。

    He is in his early twenties.

  2. 二人とも今は舞い上がっているけど、会うは別れの始め、ってこと知っているのかね。

    Those two are blindly enraptured with each other right now but they say first meeting someone is the first step toward goodbye. I wonder if they're aware of that.

  3. 突然、飛行機が揺れ始め、シートベルトのサインがつきます。

    Suddenly the plane begins to rock and the seat belt signs come on.

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