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隅
[すみ]
sumi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
noun, noun, used as a suffix
- corner; nook; recess
noun
- downstage right (on a noh stage)
元始
[げんし]
genshi
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- origin
源
[みなもと]
minamoto
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- source (of a river); fountainhead
- source; origin; root
源流
[げんりゅう]
genryuu
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- source (e.g. of a river); headwaters
- origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
根源
[こんげん]
kongen
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
根原
[こんげん]
kongen
根元
[こんげん]
kongen
English Meanings:
noun
- root; source; origin; cause
在所
[ざいしょ]
zaisho
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
始まる
[はじまる]
hajimaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
English Meanings:
godan verb, intransitive verb
- to begin; to start; to commence
- to happen (again); to begin (anew)
- to date (from); to originate (in)
始める
[はじめる]
hajimeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
Alternate Written Forms:
創める
[はじめる]
hajimeru
English Meanings:
ichidan verb, transitive verb
- to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
- to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
- to start ...; to begin to ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
糸口
[いとぐち]
itoguchi
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
緒
[いとぐち]
itoguchi
絲口
[いとぐち]
itoguchi
Outdated Kanji
English Meanings:
noun
- beginning; start; first step
- clue; lead; hint
- thread end
出始める
[ではじめる]
dehajimeru
ichidan verb
Alternate Written Forms:
出はじめる
[ではじめる]
dehajimeru
English Meanings:
ichidan verb
- to begin to appear; to begin to come in
English Meanings:
noun, adverb
- beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
- first (in line, etc.) (esp. 初め)
- origin (esp. 始め)
- such as ...; not to mention ... (esp. 始め; as 〜を始め, 〜を始めとして, etc.)
初める
[そめる]
someru
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
English Meanings:
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
- to begin to
初手
[しょて]
shote
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- beginning; start
ところ
tokoro
noun, adverb, suffix
Alternate Written Forms:
處
[ところ]
tokoro
Outdated Kanji
English Meanings:
noun, adverb, suffix
- place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
noun, suffix
- address
- district; area; locality
- one's house
- point; aspect; side; facet
- passage (in text); part
- space; room
- thing; matter
noun
- whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
- about to; on the verge of (after present form of a verb)
- was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (after past form of a verb)
所在
[しょざい]
shozai
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
消失点
[しょうしつてん]
shoushitsuten
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- vanishing point
焦点
[しょうてん]
shouten
noun, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective
- focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
English Meanings:
noun
- place; spot; space
- field; discipline; sphere; realm
- occasion; situation
- scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
- session (of the stock market)
- field; table; area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
- round (east, south, etc.)
- field
- field (gestalt psychology)
場所
[ばしょ]
basho
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- place; location; spot; position
- room; space
- basho; wrestling tournament
陣地
[じんち]
jinchi
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- encampment; position