For pronunciation and definitions of 初め – see the following entry.
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【始め】
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- [noun] (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
- [noun] (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing
- [interjection] begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others
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(This term, 初め, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 初める (someru, “an action begins or is begun; such an action or its result continues for a long time”, auxiliary verb attaching to another verb in the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”)),[1][2] in turn likely cognate with 染める (someru, “to dye something”, when used as an auxiliary, “to do something deeply or thoroughly”).[1][2][3][4]
- Pitch accent is determined by the entire suffixed term.
初め • (-zome)
- for the first time, typically in the current year
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “初”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ “初める”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months