はじめ

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はじめ – see the following entries.
始め
(especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
(especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing
begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others
Alternative spellings
初め, 一め
1
a unisex given name
a surname
2
a male given name
4
a male given name
J
a male given name
J
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.)