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初めに [spec1] ；始めに [ichi1]
【はじめに [spec1,ichi1] 】

1.	[exp] ▶ first ▶ firstly ▶ first of all ▶ to begin with ▶ in the beginning ▶ at the beginning
2.	[exp] [uk] 《as section heading of a book, etc.》 ▶ Introduction ▶ Preface

History:

7.	A 2014-11-15 09:23:40 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2014-11-15 00:31:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	N-grams: 始めに 687938 初めに 1244629 はじめに 1828216
	Comments:	It's line-ball on "uk", but I'm sure it's almost always in kana for sense 2.
	Diff:	@@ -3,0 +4,4 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>初めに</keb> +<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri> +</k_ele> @@ -8,3 +11,0 @@ -<k_ele> -<keb>初めに</keb> -</k_ele> @@ -13,0 +15 @@ +<re_pri>spec1</re_pri> @@ -25,0 +28 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc>
5.	A* 2014-11-14 23:34:32 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -26 +26 @@ -<s_inf>as section of heading of a book, etc.</s_inf> +<s_inf>as section heading of a book, etc.</s_inf>
4.	A* 2014-11-14 23:26:26 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	i'm hesitant to call sense 2 a noun. i don't think the sense restriction is appropriate, as for example eijiro has examples of 初めに being used for the proposed sense 1
	Diff:	@@ -16 +15,0 @@ -<stagk>始めに</stagk> @@ -18 +17,2 @@ -<gloss>to begin with (used as an introduction)</gloss> +<gloss>first</gloss> +<gloss>firstly</gloss> @@ -19,0 +20,3 @@ +<gloss>to begin with</gloss> +<gloss>in the beginning</gloss> +<gloss>at the beginning</gloss> @@ -22 +24,0 @@ -<stagk>初めに</stagk> @@ -24,8 +26,2 @@ -<s_inf>in reference to point in time</s_inf> -<gloss>at the beginning (of the month, year, etc.)</gloss> -<gloss>in the beginning</gloss> -</sense> -<sense> -<stagk>始めに</stagk> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<s_inf>often kana only</s_inf> +<s_inf>as section of heading of a book, etc.</s_inf> +<gloss>Introduction</gloss>
3.	A* 2014-11-14 06:30:22
	Refs:	"NTC's New Japanese English Character Dictionary" (1993) usage notes, and notes in "A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage" (1982)
	Comments:	Took out my gikun suggestion as did not appear to be well received. Made sense 1 a restricted sense for 始めに. Added a restricted sense for 初めに and moved "in the beginning" to that. I've seen my proposed third sense (Preface) used with both 始めに and 初めに (usually 始めに or kana only), but have a feeling based upon "NTC's New Japanese English Character Dictionary" (1993) usage notes, and notes in "A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage" (1982) that 始めに is technically the correct usage and use also matches with sense one.
	Diff:	@@ -11,4 +10,0 @@ -<k_ele> -<keb>元始に</keb> -<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf> -</k_ele> @@ -19,0 +16 @@ +<stagk>始めに</stagk> @@ -21 +17,0 @@ -<s_inf>元始 is found with gikun reading はじめ in Meiji version of The Bible</s_inf> @@ -23,0 +20,6 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<stagk>初めに</stagk> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<s_inf>in reference to point in time</s_inf> +<gloss>at the beginning (of the month, year, etc.)</gloss> @@ -28,0 +31 @@ +<s_inf>often kana only</s_inf>
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2.	A* 2014-11-13 17:42:57 Matt <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Added noun meaning and split senses.
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf> @@ -24,0 +26,5 @@ +<sense> +<stagk>始めに</stagk> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>Preface</gloss> +</sense>
1.	A* 2014-11-13 08:31:04 Matt <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google "元始（はじめ）" (First word in Genesis 1 and also in John 1, English translation: In the beginning) and you will get 1,320 search results, most quoting one of these two references I'm quite sure.
	Comments:	This is a nice example of gikun using multiple Kanji (for origin 元 and beginning 始) to convey more meaning than simply はじめに、初めに (as found in other translations). These days you can even find electronic versions of this Meiji version. I see no problem in including gikun found in literature such as this translation of The Bible which is still used and quoted from to this day. I would however include a note explaining that it is used as gikun found in Meiji period literature.
	Diff:	@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>元始に</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -16,0 +20 @@ +<s_inf>元始 is found with gikun reading はじめ in Meiji version of The Bible</s_inf>

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