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Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
打っ付け
ぶっ付け
打っつけ

see styles
 buttsuke
    ぶっつけ
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) (See ぶっつけ本番) without preparation; off the cuff; abrupt; without warning; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) unreserved; without restraint; frank; blunt; direct; (3) (kana only) beginning; start; outset

Variations:
月初め(P)
月始め(iK)

see styles
 tsukihajime
    つきはじめ
(adv,n) beginning of month

Variations:
糸口(P)

絲口(oK)

see styles
 itoguchi
    いとぐち
(1) beginning; start; first step; (2) clue; lead; hint; (3) thread end

Variations:
通す(P)
徹す(P)
透す

see styles
 toosu
    とおす
(transitive verb) (1) to stick through; to force through; (transitive verb) (2) to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; (transitive verb) (3) to make a path between two points; (transitive verb) (4) (See 筋を通す・すじをとおす) to proceed in a logical manner; (transitive verb) (5) to let pass; to allow through; (transitive verb) (6) to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; (transitive verb) (7) to go through (a middleman); (transitive verb) (8) to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); (transitive verb) (9) to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); (transitive verb) (10) to force to accept; to force agreement; (transitive verb) (11) to continue (in a state); to persist in; (transitive verb) (12) to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; (transitive verb) (13) (in the form とおして…する) to do from beginning to end without a break; (transitive verb) (14) to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (transitive verb) (15) (after the -te form of a verb) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete

Variations:
出だし
出出し
出々し(iK)

see styles
 dedashi
    でだし
start; beginning

Variations:
洗い替え
洗替
洗替え(sK)

see styles
 araigae
    あらいがえ
(1) clothes worn while one's other clothes are in the wash; (2) cleaning or planing wooden furniture to revive it; (3) reversing the book value of an asset to the acquisition cost at the beginning of the next accounting period

Variations:
ゲームスタート
ゲーム・スタート

see styles
 geemusutaato; geemu sutaato / geemusutato; geemu sutato
    ゲームスタート; ゲーム・スタート
beginning of a game (wasei: game start)

Variations:
ショートタイム
ショート・タイム

see styles
 shoototaimu; shooto taimu
    ショートタイム; ショート・タイム
(1) reduced-period procedure (wasei: short time); curtailed operation; (2) short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)

Variations:
一(P)



壹(oK)

see styles
 ichi
    いち
(num,pref) (1) (壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents) one; 1; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (prefix noun) (5) (before a noun) a (single); one (of many); (6) {cards} (See エース・1) ace; (7) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

Variations:
取っ掛かり
取っかかり
取っ掛り

see styles
 tokkakari
    とっかかり
(kana only) beginning; clue; starting point

Variations:
名残りの雪
なごりの雪
名残の雪

see styles
 nagorinoyuki
    なごりのゆき
(1) lingering snow; (2) snowfall at the end of the winter or the beginning of spring

Variations:
キャンプイン(P)
キャンプ・イン

see styles
 kyanpuin(p); kyanpu in
    キャンプイン(P); キャンプ・イン
beginning training camp (wasei: camp in)

Variations:
抑(P)
抑々
抑抑
抑も(io)

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 somosomo
    そもそも
(adverbial noun) (1) (kana only) in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio; (conjunction) (2) (kana only) (used when bringing up something already mentioned) after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (kana only) beginning; start

Variations:
真っ先(P)
まっ先
真先(io)

see styles
 massaki
    まっさき
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

Variations:
スタートダッシュ
スタート・ダッシュ

see styles
 sutaatodasshu; sutaato dasshu / sutatodasshu; sutato dasshu
    スタートダッシュ; スタート・ダッシュ
(1) dash at the beginning of a short-distance race (wasei: start dash); (2) charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

Variations:
ボリュームラベル
ボリューム・ラベル

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 boryuumuraberu; boryuumu raberu / boryumuraberu; boryumu raberu
    ボリュームラベル; ボリューム・ラベル
{comp} beginning-of-volume label; volume (header) label; volume header

Variations:
幕開き
幕開(io)
幕明き(rK)

see styles
 makuaki
    まくあき
(1) (ant: 幕切れ・1) rise of the curtain; opening of a play; (2) (See 幕開け・2) beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

Variations:
振り出し(P)
振出し
振出
振り出

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 furidashi
    ふりだし
(1) shaking (something) out; (2) starting point; beginning; outset; (3) drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; draft; (4) throw (of dice); (5) (abbreviation) (See 振り出し薬) infusion (remedy); (6) shaker (e.g. saltshaker)

Variations:
事始め
こと始め(sK)
事始(sK)

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 kotohajime
    ことはじめ
(1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) (See 仕事始め) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

Variations:
元(P)
本(P)


因(sK)

see styles
 moto
    もと
(1) (esp. 元) origin; source; beginning; (2) (oft. 基) basis; base; foundation; root; (3) (also written as 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock; (5) (元 only) (one's) side; (6) (元 only) capital; principal; cost price; (7) root (of a plant); (tree) trunk; (8) part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand); (9) (See 和歌) first three lines of a waka; (counter) (10) (本 only) counter for plants or trees; (counter) (11) (本 only) counter for falcons (in falconry)

Variations:
初めのうち
始めのうち
始めの内
初めの内

see styles
 hajimenouchi / hajimenochi
    はじめのうち
(expression) at first; initially; in the beginning

Variations:
元々(P)
元元
本本(rK)
本々(rK)

see styles
 motomoto
    もともと
(adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) originally; from the start; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) (usu. as 〜て(も)もともと, 〜でもともと, etc.) none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

Variations:
元より(P)
固より(rK)
素より(rK)

see styles
 motoyori
    もとより
(adverb) (1) (kana only) from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; (adverb) (2) (kana only) of course; (adverb) (3) (kana only) (usu. as ...はもとより...も) not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ...

Variations:
立ち上がり(P)
立上り
立ち上り
立上がり

see styles
 tachiagari
    たちあがり
(1) start; beginning; build up; (2) {baseb} how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

Variations:
間もない頃
間もないころ
間も無い頃
間も無いころ

see styles
 mamonaikoro
    まもないころ
(expression) in the early period (of something); at the beginning

Variations:
幕開き
幕開(io)
幕明き(rK)
幕あき(sK)

see styles
 makuaki
    まくあき
(1) (ant: 幕切れ・1) rise of the curtain; opening of a play; (2) (See 幕開け・2) beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

Variations:
月初め(P)
月始め(iK)
月初(sK)
月始(sK)

see styles
 tsukihajime
    つきはじめ
beginning of the month

Variations:
抑(rK)
抑々(rK)
抑抑(rK)
抑も(io)(rK)

see styles
 somosomo
    そもそも
(n,adv) (1) (kana only) in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio; (conjunction) (2) (kana only) (used when bringing up something already mentioned) after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (kana only) beginning; start

Variations:
よって来たる
よって来る
因って来る
由って来る
因って来たる

see styles
 yottekitaru
    よってきたる
(exp,adj-f) (kana only) originating; causing; beginning

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