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事始め

ことはじめkotohajime

noun

  1. taking up a new line of work
  2. the beginning of things
  3. starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
  4. resuming work after the New Year's vacation

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences