はじめ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はじめ – see the following entries.

【始はじめ】 [noun] (especially 初はじめ) beginning, the start of an activity or time period [noun] (especially 始はじめ) origin, beginning of a thing [interjection] begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others Alternative spellings 初はじめ, 一いちめ

【一いち】1 [proper noun] a unisex given name [proper noun] a surname

【元もと】2 [proper noun] a male given name

【初はつ】4 [proper noun] a male given name

【甫はじめ】J [proper noun] a male given name

【肇はじめ】J [proper noun] a male given name

(This term, はじめ (hajime), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as はじめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はじめ.)