Start

"Start" in Japanese

スタート

sutāto

(beginning of an activity)

スタート地点

sutāto chiten

(beginning point of a race)

出だし

dedashi

(beginning of an activity)

初め

hajime

(beginning of an activity)

始点

shiten

(beginning point of a race)

開始

kaishi

(beginning of an activity)

開始地点

kaishi chiten

(beginning point of a race)

びくっとする

bikuttosuru

(to jerk suddenly in surprise)

始まる

hajimaru

(to begin)

始まる

hajimaru

(of an activity, to begin)

始める

hajimeru

(to begin)

始動する

shidō suru

(to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine)

開始する

kaishi suru

(to begin)

飛び起きる

tobi-okiru

(to awaken suddenly)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.