🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

始まる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hajimaru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Commence/kəˈmɛns/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"式典が間もなく始まります。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To begin or start.

    "The ceremony will commence at ten o'clock."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'commence' originates from the Old French 'comencier', which itself comes from the Latin 'cominitiare', meaning 'to begin'. The term has evolved through Middle English, maintaining its meaning of starting or beginning an action.

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