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開始

開始

See also: 开始

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start begin
trad. (開始)
simp. (开始)

Verb

開始

  1. to start; to begin
    今天開始 / 今天开始   cóng jīntiān kāishǐ   starting from today

Noun

開始

  1. start; beginning
    開始成功一半 [MSC, trad.]
    开始成功一半 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn. [Pinyin]
    Well begun is half done.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

開始 (hiragana かいし, romaji kaishi)

  1. start; beginning; initiation

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Verb

開始する (transitive, hiragana かいしする, romaji kaishi suru)

  1. to start; to begin; to initiate
    • 1940, 岸田國士, けむり(ラヂオ物語):
      翌日 (よくじつ)は、もう、測量班 (そくりょうはん)作業 (さぎょう)開始 (かいし)します。
      Yokujitsu wa, mō, sokuryō-han ga sagyō o kaishi shimasu.
      The surveying team is already starting work the next day.

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References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

開始 (gaesi) (hangeul 개시)

  1. Hanja form? of 개시, “start, beginning”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Verb

開始

  1. Hán tự form of khởi sự, “to start, to begin