Japanese

Alternative forms

• 初め

Noun

始め ‎(hiragana はじめ, romaji hajime)

1. (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period

   始 (はじ)めよければ終 (お)わりよし。

   Hajime yokereba owari yoshi.

   Good beginning, good ending.

2. (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing

Synonyms

• 始 (はじ)まり ‎(hajimari)

Antonyms

• 結末 (けつまつ) ‎(ketsumatsu, “conclusion”)
• 終 (お)わり ‎(owari, “ending”)

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.