Words
Words with 始
Kanji 始, meaning commence, appears in 161 Japanese vocabulary entries.
始馭天下之天皇
はつくにしらすすめらみこと
first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
姫初め
ひめはじめ
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)
布衣始
ほういはじめ
ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time