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ー始める -hajimeru
to begin to do...to start to X....
Example 1:
順子さんは小説を書き始めた。
Junko-san wa shoosetsu o kakihajimeta.
Junko-san has begun writing a novel.
Example 2:
最近、和夫君はタバコを吸い始めた。
Saikin, Kazuo-kun wa tabako o suihajimeta.
Recently, Kazuo has begun to smoke cigarettes.