Conjugation
Tap for 始める (transitive)
Tap for 始まる (intransitive)
- 開始 — start, commencement
- 始業 — beginning of work/school
- 原始 — primitive, origin
- 終始 — from beginning to end; consistently
- 始動 — starting (a machine, engine, etc.)
- 始末 — disposal; management
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 書き始める — to start writing
- 歩き始める — to start walking
- 降り始める — to start raining / falling
- 出し始める — to start putting out; to begin releasing
- 登り始める — to start climbing
- 上げ始める — to start raising
- 下げ始める — to start lowering
The character combines 女 (woman) and 台 (platform/origin shape) to form the phonetic and semantic compound. It conveys the idea of “starting” or “originating” from something.
