Word Meaning ご用始め

ごようはじめ goyouhajime

ご用始め is read as ごようはじめ (goyouhajime) and means re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4).

Meaning

English

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)

Reading

Kana

ごようはじめ

Romaji

goyouhajime

Writing Variants

御用始め ごようはじめ goyouhajime

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 御用納め Rank 93200 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

始め

はじめ

first (in line, etc.)

手始め

てはじめ

outset

仕事始め

しごとはじめ

resuming work after the New Year's vacation

出始め

ではじめ

first appearance (of the season)

事始め

ことはじめ

resuming work after the New Year's vacation

生は死の始め

せいはしのはじめ

birth is the beginning of death

歩き始め

あるきはじめ

starting to walk

弓場始め

ゆばはじめ

ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)

姫始め

ひめはじめ

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

開始

かいし

start

使用

しよう

use

用意

ようい

preparation