[かいし, kaishi] (n, vs) start; commencement; beginning; initiation; (P) #294
[はじめる, hajimeru] (v1, vt, aux-v) (1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); (aux-v) (3) (See 為始める) to start (doing something); to begin to ...; (P) #2901
[しかけ, shikake] (n) device; contrivance; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge; attack; (P) #6526
[つく, tsuku] (v5k) (1) (See 付く・つく・1) to ascend (the throne); to accede; (2) (就く only) to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume; (3) (就く only) to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart; (4) (就く only) to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice; (P) #12618
[しかける, shikakeru] (v1, vt) to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge; (P) #16881
[やりなおす, yarinaosu] (v5s, vt) to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence; (P)
[ふたあけ, futaake] (n) opening; beginning; commencement
[くちきり, kuchikiri] (n) (1) start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning; (2) event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar; (3) opening a sealed jar or container
[しかかり, shikakari] (n) commencement
[しぎょう, shigyou] (n, vs) start of work; commencement; opening; (P)
[とっつく, tottsuku] (v5k, vi) (1) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; (2) to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; (3) (of an illness, demon, etc.) to take hold of; to possess; to haunt; (4) to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)
[とりつく, toritsuku] (v5k, vi) (1) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; (2) to grapple; (3) to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; (4) (of a demon, thought, emotion, etc.) (See 取り憑く・とりつく) to take hold of; to possess; to haunt; (5) to obtain a clue; to get a lead
[てをくだす, tewokudasu] (exp, v5s) (1) to do oneself; to do by oneself; (2) (See 手をつける・1) to start work (on); to commence
[やぐらだいこ, yaguradaiko] (n) drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of sumo bouts; the sound produced by such drums