見始

見始

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	始
み Grade: 1	はじ(め) Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

見(み)始(はじめ) • (mihajime) 

1. Alternative spelling of 見始め
   • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)

     掌(てのひら)の上(うえ)で少(すこ)し落(お)ちついて書(しょ)生(せい)の顔(かお)を見(み)たのがいわゆる人(にん)間(げん)というものの見(み)始(はじめ)であろう。

     Te-no-hira no ue de sukoshi ochitsuite shosei no kao o mita no ga iwayuru ningen to iu mono no mihajime de arō.

     When I relaxed a bit in the palm of the student's hand and looked into his face, that was probably the first time I saw a human being.