始(はじ)まり

はじまり

noun

beginning, start

1. beginning, start, origin

The point at which something begins. Noun form of the verb 始(はじ)まる (to begin). Can refer to the start of events, stories, relationships, or abstract concepts.

新(あたら)しい始(はじ)まり。

A new beginning.

物語(ものがたり)の始(はじ)まりです。

This is the beginning of the story.

始(はじ)まりがあれば終(お)わりがある。

Everything that has a beginning has an end.

Proverb-like expression

それが二人(ふたり)の友情(ゆうじょう)の始(はじ)まりだった。

That was the beginning of their friendship.

始(はじ)まりから終(お)わりまで全部(ぜんぶ)見(み)たけれど、一番(いちばん)面白(おもしろ)かったのは最後(さいご)の場面(ばめん)だった。

I watched the whole thing from beginning to end, but the most interesting part was the final scene.

Noun form of the intransitive verb 始(はじ)まる (to begin). Compare with 始(はじ)め, which often means 'the beginning' as a point in time or 'at first.'

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

物語(ものがたり)の始(はじ)まり (beginning of a story)
新(あたら)しい始(はじ)まり (new beginning)
全(すべ)ての始(はじ)まり (the beginning of everything)
始(はじ)まりから終(お)わりまで (from start to finish)

RELATED WORDS:

始(はじ)め - beginning, first (often temporal: 初(はじ)めに = at first)
始(はじ)まる - to begin (intransitive verb)
始(はじ)める - to start (transitive verb)

Related Words

Related: 始(はじ)まる (verb form)

Related: 始(はじ)める (transitive)

Antonym: 終(お)わり (ending)

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Added 2026.1.11 21:35 · Revised 2026.3.24 8:56

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