Illustration: In a small home woodworking space, a woman makes the very first saw cut in a clean board secured to a workbench. A few fresh grains of sawdust fall from the shallow notch, while every other board remains neatly stacked and untouched.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

着ちゃく手しゅ

chakushu

to begin work on

Example sentences

  1. 警察けいさつは、その犯罪はんざいの解決かいけつに着手ちゃくしゅした。

    The police set out to solve the crime.

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  2. 政府せいふは税制改革ぜいせいかいかくに着手ちゃくしゅした。

    The government started tax reform.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我々われわれは新あたらしい事業じぎょうに着手ちゃくしゅした。

    We began on a new project.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 着手

  • 着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく
  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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