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# antipathic
## English
### Etymology 1

From French antipathique. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ -pathic.

#### Adjective

antipathic (comparative more antipathic, superlative most antipathic)
* Characterized by antipathy. [from 1687]
    Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, antipathical, antipathous (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* antipathical
* antipathically

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Perhaps independently from anti- +‎ -pathic, after German antipatisch.

#### Adjective

antipathic (comparative more antipathic, superlative most antipathic)
* (homeopathy) Directly counteracting a symptom or pathological process. [from 1827]
    Coordinate terms: allopathic, homeopathic
** 1833, S[amuel] Hahnemann, translated by Charles H. Devrient, “Organon of Medicine”, in The Homœopathic Medical Doctrine, or, “Organon of the Healing Art;” a New System of Physic, […], Dublin: W[illiam] F[rederick] Wakeman, […]; London: Simpkin and Marshall and R[ichard] Groombridge; Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart, →OCLC, § LVIII, page 154:The source of all these pernicious results of palliative antipathic treatment, and the salutary effects proceeding from the reverse method, the homœopathic, will be sufficiently explained in the following observations which are drawn from experience and a number of facts that have hitherto escaped the notice of every one save myself, although they were immediately before the view, perfectly evident in their nature, and of the deepest importance to the medical art.
** 1906 October, “Homeopathy vs. Anti-pathy”, in H[enry] C[lay] Allen, editor, The Medical Advance and Journal of Homeopathics, volume XLIV, number 10, Batavia, Ill.: J[ames] E. Forrest, →OCLC, Department of Homeopathics (conducted by Guernsey P[enny] Waring), page 648:This sham and duplicity cannot be longer excused or tolerated. Those who recommend and bodily use antipathic methods should announce themselves as allopaths and train with that school of practice, and no longer misrepresent and dishonor the homeopathic system.
** 1983, Andrew Weil, “Like Cures Like, and Less Is More”, in Health and Healing: Understanding Conventional and Alternative Medicine, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, part I (Treatment and Cure: The Strange Case of Homeopathy), page 17:The opposite of treatment by similars is treatment by contraries, and Hahnemann called this practice antipathy. Giving aspirin to lower fever or prescribing antihypertensive drugs to treat high blood pressure are examples of antipathic medicine.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 “antipathic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
# særinteresse
## Danish
### Etymology

From sær- +‎ interesse.

### Noun

særinteresse c (singular definite særinteressen, plural indefinite særinteresser)
* a special interest

#### Declension
### References

* “særinteresse” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From sær- +‎ interesse.

### Noun

særinteresse m (definite singular særinteressen, indefinite plural særinteresser, definite plural særinteressene)
* a special interest

### References

* “særinteresse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “særinteresse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From sær- +‎ interesse.

### Noun

særinteresse f (definite singular særinteressa, indefinite plural særinteresser, definite plural særinteressene)
* a special interest

### References

* “særinteresse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
# flagellate
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flagellō (“to whip, flog”) and its participle flagellātus.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛlət
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### Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)
* (transitive) To whip or scourge.
** 1976 December 11, David Holland, “A Conversation With Maitresse”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 13:Red welts rising from a flagellated back
* (transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
** 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 63:The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.

#### Translations
### Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)
* Resembling a whip.
* (biology) Having flagella.

#### Derived terms

* aflagellate
* amoeboflagellate
* biflagellate
* choanoflagellate
* dinoflagellate
* flagellation
* flagellative
* flagellator
* haemoflagellate
* helioflagellate
* hemoflagellate
* hexadecaflagellate
* microflagellate
* monoflagellate
* multiflagellate
* myxoflagellate
* nanoflagellate
* nonflagellate
* phytoflagellate
* picoflagellate
* quadriflagellate
* rhizoflagellate
* silicoflagellate
* triflagellate
* uniflagellate
* zooflagellate

#### Related terms

* flagellum

#### Translations
### Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)
* (biology) Any organism that has flagella.

#### Translations
## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

flagellate
* inflection of flagellare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

flagellate f pl
* feminine plural of flagellato

## Latin
### Verb

flagellāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of flagellō
# Aotlant
## Old High German
### Alternative Forms

* Oatlant, (later) Otlant

### Etymology

From aot (“estate, inherited property”) (Proto-West Germanic *aud) +‎ lant (“land”)

### Proper noun

Aotlant m
* (Bavaria) a male given name

### References

* Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior {784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 32, column 82, line 32
# پاد
## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

### Noun

پاد • (pád)
* foot

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (p't- /⁠pād-⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [pɑːð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰɑːd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [pʰɑːd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [pʰɑːd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [pʰɔːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [pʰɒːd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [pʰɔd̪]

### Noun

پاد • (pâd)
* protection, defence

#### Derived terms

* پادافند (pâdâfand, “defence”)
* پادزهر (pâdzahr, “antidote”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पर्द (parda), from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /pɑːd̪/

### Noun

پاد • (pād) m (Hindi spelling पाद)
* fart

#### See also

* پاد گرم ہونا (pād garm honā)
# nollo
## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* hnollo

### Etymology

Cognate of English knoll. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

nollo m
* hill

#### Declension
### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
# frogfish
## English
### Etymology

From frog +‎ fish.

### Noun

frogfish (plural frogfishes or frogfish)
* Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
* Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
** 2016 October 22, Frogfish turns ghostly white to match a bleached coral, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 15,
    Warty frogfish are sedentary seafloor dwellers that can change colour over a few weeks. […] Since the warm waters off the Maldives abound in vibrantly coloured corals, the frogfish there typically sport matching orange or pinkish hues, says Gabriel Grimsditch of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Maldives in Malé.
* (archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.

#### Synonyms

* (fish of family Antennariidae): antennariid
* (fish of family Batrachoididae): batrachoidid, toadfish

#### Derived terms

* psychedelic frogfish

### See also

* toadfish

### Further reading

* frogfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “frogfish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
# Westby
## English
### Proper noun

Westby (countable and uncountable, plural Westbys)
* A surname.
* A place name:
** A village in Westby-with-Plumptons parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3831).
** A hamlet in Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9728).
** A town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.
** A city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Norwegian Ole T. Westby.
** A rural community in the City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

#### Derived terms

* Westby-with-Plumptons

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Westby is the 14706th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2021 individuals. Westby is most common among White (84.02%) individuals.
# psychedelic frogfish
## English
### Etymology

First described as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence the use of the term psychedelic.

### Noun

psychedelic frogfish (plural psychedelic frogfishes or psychedelic frogfish)
* A species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.

### References

* psychedelic frogfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Histiophryne psychedelica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Histiophryne psychedelica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
# squeak
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skwiːk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːk

### Noun

squeak (countable and uncountable, plural squeaks)
* (countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
* (uncountable, games) A card game similar to group solitaire.
* (countable, slang) A narrow squeak.
** 1905, E. W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night:"I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]

#### Derived terms

* pip-squeak

#### Translations
### Verb

squeak (third-person singular simple present squeaks, present participle squeaking, simple past and past participle squeaked)
* (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
** 2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)‎:But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.
* (intransitive, slang) To inform, to squeal.
** 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.
* (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
* (intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
* (intransitive, informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
** 1999, Surfer, volume 40, numbers 7-12:[…] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
** 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎:France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.

#### Synonyms

* (to inform): drop a dime, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out

#### Derived terms

* bubble and squeak
* squeak by
* squeaker
* squeakish
* squeak out
* squeakquel
* squeak through
* squeaky
* until the pips squeak

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* quakes
# egenartet
## Danish
### Etymology

From egenart +‎ -et.

### Adjective

egenartet (plural and definite singular attributive egenartede)
* peculiar, distinctive
    Synonym: særegen

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### References

* “egenartet” in Den Danske Ordbog
# пец
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak pec, from Proto-Slavic *peťь. Possibly a doublet of Пешт (Pešt). Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn пец (pec), піч f (pič) and Slovak pec f.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛt͡s]
* Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
* Hyphenation: пец

### Noun

пец (pec) m inan (diminutive пецик, augmentative пециско, related adjective пецов)
* oven
* furnace
    високи пец ― visoki pec ― blast furnace (literally, “tall furnace”)
* stove, cooker
    Synonym: шпоргет (šporhet)

#### Related terms

* печиво n (pečivo)
* печиц impf (pečic)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пец”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “oven”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 199
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “stove”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 304
# factive
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æktɪv

### Etymology 1

From fact +‎ -ive.

#### Adjective

factive (not comparable)
* (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
* (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

##### Derived terms

* abortifactive
* contrafactive
* factively
* factiveness
* factivity
* nonfactive

#### Noun

factive (plural factives)
* (grammar) A factive verb.

### Etymology 2

From Latin facere (“to make”).

#### Adjective

factive (not comparable)
* (obsolete) Making.
# dødsdag
## Danish
### Etymology

From død +‎ -s- +‎ dag.

### Noun

dødsdag c (singular definite dødsdagen, plural indefinite dødsdage)
* day of death, date of death

#### Declension
### References

* “dødsdag” in Den Danske Ordbog
# თხელკანიანი
## Georgian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰχelkʼaniani]

### Adjective

თხელკანიანი • (txelḳaniani) (comparative უფრო თხელკანიანი, superlative ყველაზე თხელკანიანი)
* thin-skinned
# modur
## Middle English
### Noun

modur
* Alternative form of moder

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoː.der/

### Noun

mōder f
* Alternative form of mōdor

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English motor.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈmɔdɨ̞r/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈmoːdɪr/, /ˈmɔdɪr/
* Rhymes: -ɔdɨ̞r

### Noun

modur m (plural moduron)
* motor
* car, motorcar

#### Derived terms

* beic modur (“motorcycle”)
* (purism) modurdy (“garage”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “modur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
# محراث
## Arabic
### Etymology

Tool noun from the verb حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa, “to plough”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miħ.raːθ/
** (Moroccan) IPA: /maħ.raːt/
* Rhymes: -aːθ

### Noun

مِحْرَاث • (miḥrāṯ) m (plural مَحَارِيث (maḥārīṯ))
* plough

#### Descendants

* Maltese: moħriet
* → Ottoman Turkish: محراث (mihras)
# importer
## English
### Etymology

From import +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪmˈpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

importer (plural importers)
* One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.
    India is the world's biggest importer of gold.
    The data importer has crashed. Did we receive a corrupted file?
** 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.

#### Translations
### See also

* exporter

### Anagrams

* promerit, reimport

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre. The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian importare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.te/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

importer
* (transitive) to import
* (impersonal) to matter, to be relevant, to be important [with à ‘to someone’]
    En quoi cela m’importe-t-il ?Why does that matter to me?
    Que vous importe ?Why do you care?
    Il m’importe peu de savoir s’il a réussi.It doesn't matter to me whether he succeeded.
    Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.Her marks (UK) or grades (US) didn't matter much to her parents.

#### Derived terms

* importation
* n’importe qui, n’importe quoi
* peu importe
* peu importer

#### See also

* n’avoir que faire
* peu me chaut

### Further reading

* “importer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Verb

importer
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of importō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

importer m
* indefinite plural of import

### Verb

importer
* imperative of importere
# kazna
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaznь, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂⸝₃ǵ-n-, see also Old Irish cáin (“tribute, law”), Welsh digon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâzna/
* Hyphenation: kaz‧na

### Noun

kȁzna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏зна)
* punishment
* penalty
* visitation (of God)

#### Declension
### See also

* globa
* nema kazne, nema zakona (Nulla poena, nulla lex)

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ka(g)ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 183-84

### Further reading

* “kazna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
# ngalawngaw
## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ŋaˈlawŋaw/ [ŋʌˈlaʊ̯.ŋaʊ̯]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ŋaˈrawŋaw/ [ŋʌˈraʊ̯.ŋaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -awŋaw
* Syllabification: nga‧law‧ngaw

### Noun

ngaláwngaw
* act of being loud, noisy

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | ngalawngaw |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | ngalawngaw |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | ngalawngaw, (elderly) ngalawngaw/ngarawngaw |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | ngalawngaw, (elderly) ngalawngaw/ngarawngaw |

#### Derived terms

* ingalawngaw
* manngalawngaw
* ngalawngawen

#### See also

* alaw-aw
* giyaw
* nganange
* sangaw
* tengeg

### References

* Allen, Larry (2021) “ngalawngaw”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Karao
### Noun

ngalawngaw
* disturbance caused by noise
# wisata petualangan
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Compound of wisata +‎ petualangan.

### Noun

wisata petualangan (plural wisata-wisata petualangan)
* (tourism) adventure tourism: a type of tourism involving travel to remote or exotic locations in order to take part in physically challenging outdoor activities.

### Further reading

* “wisata petualangan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# minutero
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /minuˈteɾo/ [mi.nuˈt̪e.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: mi‧nu‧te‧ro

### Noun

minutero m (plural minuteros)
* a minute hand (clock)
* timer
    Synonym: temporizador

### See also

* minuto

### Further reading

* “minutero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish minutero.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /minuˈteɾo/ [mɪ.n̪ʊˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: mi‧nu‧te‧ro

### Noun

minutero (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜆᜒᜇᜓ)
* minute hand (of the clock)
    Synonyms: kamay, aguha

#### Related terms

* minuto

#### See also

* oraryo
* sekundaryo

### Further reading

* “minutero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
# ინსტრუქციული
## Georgian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [instʼɾukʰt͡sʰiuli]

### Adjective

ინსტრუქციული • (insṭrukciuli) (comparative უფრო ინსტრუქციული, superlative ყველაზე ინსტრუქციული)
* instructive
# Baszkföld
## Hungarian
### Etymology

baszk +‎ föld

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒskføld]
* Hyphenation: Baszk‧föld
* Rhymes: -øld

### Proper noun

Baszkföld
* Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)

#### Derived terms

* baszkföldi
# þine
## Middle English
### Determiner

þine (subjective pronoun þou)
* Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

### Pronoun

þine (subjective þou)
* Alternative form of þin (“thine”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθiː.ne/

### Determiner

þīne
* inflection of þīn:
** accusative feminine singular
** instrumental masculine/neuter singular
** nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
# 始め
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 始
* はじ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 初め 一め (rare) 創め 首め

### Etymology

Nominal form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はじめ [hàjímé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠ʑime̞]
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### Noun

始(はじ)め • (hajime)
* (especially 初め) beginning, the start of an activity or time period
    始(はじ)めよければ終(お)わりよし。
       Hajime yokereba owari yoshi.
       A good beginning makes a good ending.
* (especially 始め) origin, beginning of a thing

#### Synonyms

* 始(はじ)まり (hajimari)
* 冒頭(ぼうとう) (bōtō)

#### Antonyms

* 結末(けつまつ) (ketsumatsu, “conclusion”)
* 終(お)わり (owari, “ending”)
* 終(お)え (oe, “ending”)

### Interjection

始(はじ)め • (hajime)
* begin! used to announce the start of a race, an exam, and others

### Verb

始(はじ)め • (hajime)
* imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.