Meanings

to begin (emphatically)

starting time

Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

resuming work after the New Year's vacation

to start eating

protostar

Eocene epoch

In the beginning was the Word

eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

beginning-of-file label

marked section start

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beginning tag

start bit

record start

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