Illustration: At a neighborhood sports day on a Japanese school field, an official has just swept a small starting flag downward. Four runners push away from the same starting line, their rear shoes still close to the line and their bodies tipping into their very first strides.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

開かい始し

kaishi

start, beginning

Example sentences

何時なんじに搭乗とうじょう開始かいしですか。
What time does boarding begin?
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敵軍てきぐんが攻撃こうげきを開始かいしした。
The hostile army began to attack.
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ゲームの開始かいしには笛ふえが吹ふかれる。
A whistle is blown at the start of a game.
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Kanji in 開始

開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける
始commence; beginOnシKunはじめる・はじまる

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