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N2 — outside your level filter

をはじめ

をはじめo hajimeN2formal

をはじめ

starting with N — and other things right along with it

今日きょうのパーティーには、社長しゃちょうをはじめ、多おおくの社員しゃいんが出席しゅっせきした。

kyou no paatii ni wa, shachou o hajime, ooku no shain ga shusseki shita.

Many employees attended today's party, starting with the president. neutral

本ほんプロジェクトには、部長ぶちょうをはじめ、部署ぶしょの全員ぜんいんが強つよい関心かんしんを寄よせております。

hon purojekuto ni wa, buchou o hajime, busho no zen'in ga tsuyoi kanshin o yosete orimasu.

Everyone in the department has shown strong interest in this project, starting with the department head. formal

All examples2

starting with — names the lead example, with others following along

  1. 今日きょうのパーティーには、社長しゃちょうをはじめ、多おおくの社員しゃいんが出席しゅっせきした。

    kyou no paatii ni wa, shachou o hajime, ooku no shain ga shusseki shita.

    Many employees attended today's party, starting with the president. neutral

  2. 本ほんプロジェクトには、部長ぶちょうをはじめ、部署ぶしょの全員ぜんいんが強つよい関心かんしんを寄よせております。

    hon purojekuto ni wa, buchou o hajime, busho no zen'in ga tsuyoi kanshin o yosete orimasu.

    Everyone in the department has shown strong interest in this project, starting with the department head. formal

How it's formed1

All forms2

  • をはじめとしてwohajimetoshitealternant

    fuller and a little more formal than the bare をはじめ, common in written notices and speeches.

  • をはじめとするwohajimetosuru＋名詞めいしadnominal

    goes right before the noun it modifies, where をはじめ itself cannot (市役所しやくしょをはじめとする公共こうきょう施設しせつ).