beginning

初め、冒頭

全体の中で、中ほどや終わりより前にある最初の部分。

やさしい英語で： The first part of something, before the middle and the end.

• I missed the beginning of the film.
• Read the story from the beginning.
• The beginning of the book is very funny.

使い方： at the beginning of something (Her name appears at the beginning of the letter.); from the beginning (Please play the song from the beginning.)

類義語： start, opening

反対語： end

よく使う表現： beginning of something, at the beginning, from the beginning

開始、始まり

何かを始めること、またはそれが始まる時点。

やさしい英語で： The act or moment of starting something.

• Today marks the beginning of spring.
• The move offered her a new beginning.
• We celebrated the beginning of the project.

使い方： beginning of something (The ceremony marked the beginning of the festival.)

類義語： start, commencement

反対語： end

よく使う表現： new beginning, beginning of something, mark a beginning

起源、始まり

何かが生まれ、発展するもとになったものや原因。

やさしい英語で： The source or cause from which something develops.

• That argument was the beginning of their feud.
• The business grew from humble beginnings.
• Nobody knows the beginning of this tradition.

使い方： beginning of something (The discovery marked the beginning of a new industry.)

類義語： origin, source

よく使う表現： beginning of something, humble beginning, small beginning

萌芽、原型

これから発展する可能性があるものの、初期の小さな形や要素。

やさしい英語で： A small first part or early form of something that may develop further.

• These sketches are the beginnings of a design.
• We found the beginnings of a settlement near the river.
• Her notes contain the beginnings of a novel.

使い方： beginnings of something (The children learned the beginnings of arithmetic.)

類義語： rudiment, germ

よく使う表現： beginnings of something, small beginning, early beginning

最初の、冒頭の

長く続くものの始めの部分にある。

やさしい英語で： At the start of something longer.

• Read the beginning paragraph first.
• The beginning pages explain the main problem.
• Her name appears in the beginning section.

類義語： initial, opening

反対語： final

よく使う表現： beginning paragraph, beginning section, beginning pages