Illustration: At a neighborhood sports day on a Japanese school ground, four children launch forward from a chalk starting line as a volunteer drops a small signal flag. Their rear feet still touch the ground immediately behind the line, and their bodies have only just risen from their ready positions.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

スタート

sutaato

start, beginning

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちの新学年しんがくねんがスタートするのは四月しがつです。

    It is in April that our school years start.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 転職てんしょくも引ひっ越こしもして、心機一転しんきいってん、新あらたなスタートを切きった。

    I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれらは一斉いっせいにスタートした。

    They started all at once.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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