開 始 式(かいししき)

かいししき

noun

opening ceremony; kick-off ceremony

1. opening ceremony; kick-off ceremony

A ceremony marking the start of an activity, such as a project, a new bus or train service, a training course, or a local tournament or event. It is a plain, descriptive word, used where no more specific name for the ceremony is established.

開始式(かいししき)が行(おこな)われた。

The opening ceremony was held.

プロジェクトの開始式(かいししき)に関係者(かんけいしゃ)が集(あつ)まった。

Everyone involved gathered for the project's kick-off ceremony.

新(あたら)しいバス路線(ろせん)の運行(うんこう)開始式(かいししき)で、市長(しちょう)がテープを切(き)った。

At the ceremony marking the start of the new bus service, the mayor cut the ribbon.

地域(ちいき)の少年(しょうねん)サッカー大会(たいかい)は、開始式(かいししき)で選手(せんしゅ)代表(だいひょう)が宣誓(せんせい)してから試合(しあい)が始(はじ)まる。

The local youth soccer tournament opens with a ceremony at which a representative of the players takes the oath, and then the matches begin.

Composed of 開始(かいし) (start) and 式(しき) (ceremony). A plain, descriptive name for a ceremony that starts something: a project kick-off, a new bus or train service (運行(うんこう)開始式(かいししき)), a training course, a small local tournament. Where an occasion has its own established word (below), use that word instead.

Common collocations

開始式(かいししき)を行(おこな)う: to hold an opening ceremony
開始式(かいししき)に出席(しゅっせき)する: to attend one

Similar words

開会式(かいかいしき): opening of a meeting, convention, or large event such as the Olympics
開幕式(かいまくしき): opening of a sports season or a long-running event
起工式(きこうしき): groundbreaking ceremony, for the start of construction
始業式(しぎょうしき): ceremony at the start of a school term
閉会式(へいかいしき): closing ceremony

Related Words

Compare: 開会式(かいかいしき) (opening ceremony)

Compare: 起工式(きこうしき) (groundbreaking ceremony)

Compare: 閉会式(へいかいしき) (closing ceremony)

Compare: 始業式(しぎょうしき) (ceremony at the start of a school term)

general

Added 2026.5.1 22:33 · Revised 2026.10.1 17:29

26000/26387_kaishishiki