始まる

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pansimara (to begin, intransitive).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "始まる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
始まる じまる
Imperative (命令形) 始まれ じまれ
Key constructions
Passive 始まられる じまられる
Causative 始まらせる じまらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 始まろう じまろ
Negative 始まらない じまらない
Negative perfective 始まらなかった じまらなかった
Formal 始まります じまりま
Perfective 始まった じまった
Conjunctive 始まって じまって
Hypothetical conditional 始まれば じまれ

Verb

(はじ)まる (hajimaruintransitive godan (stem (はじ)まり (hajimari), past (はじ)まった (hajimatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 始める
mediopassive 始まる
  1. to begin
    映画(えいが)何時(なんじ)(はじ)まりますか?
    Eiga wa nanji ni hajimarimasu ka?
    What time does the movie start?
    不思議(ふしぎ)(たび)(はじ)まるぜ。
    Fushigi na tabi ga hajimaru ze.
    A marvelous journey has started.

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References

  1. ^ Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN