はじめ

Japanese

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

【始め】 [noun] (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period [noun] (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing [interjection] begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others Alternative spellings 初め, 一め

【一】1 [proper noun] a unisex given name [proper noun] a surname

【元】2 [proper noun] a male given name

【初】4 [proper noun] a male given name

【甫】J [proper noun] a male given name

【肇】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.)