始まる

Meaning

1. v5rvi
   to begin; to start; to commence
2. v5rvi
   to happen (again); to begin (anew)
3. v5rvi
   to date (from); to originate (in)

Example sentences

• 授業は八時三十分から始まるから。

  Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

• 映画は2時に始まった。

  The film started at 2 o'clock.

• 2000年に日本の医療制度が世界一だが、2003年に研修医制度が始まって目に見えて悪くなった。

  In 2000 Japan's health care system was the best in the world, but since clinical internship was introduced in 2003 it has clearly deteriorated.