開始 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- begin verb To start doing something, or for something to start happening.
- beginning noun The point or period at which something starts.
- initiation noun The act or process of starting something.
- start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
Senses
開始 is used for these senses in English:
- begin (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- beginning (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
- initiation The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- start The beginning of an activity.
- start (transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.