始
- On
- し
- Kun
- はじ.める;-はじ.める;はじ.まる
- Stroke count
- 8
・commence
・begin
Japanese dictionary
しまつ
management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
Example sentence
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
Kanji details
・commence
・begin
・end
・close
・tip
・powder
・posterity
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しまつ
course of events;circumstances;particulars
しまつ
end result (usu. bad);outcome
しまつ
economizing;economising;frugality;being thrifty
しまつしょ
written explanation;written apology
しまつがわるい
hard to deal with;hard to handle;difficult;trying;intractable;incorrigible;refractory
しまつをつける
to bring to a conclusion (esp. something unfortunate);to close out;to put an end to
しまつや
thrifty person
しまつをつける
to bring to a conclusion (esp. something unfortunate);to close out;to put an end to