Wednesday, December 13, 2017

をはじめ

A noun + をはじめ can be used to list that noun as a single representative example from a list of items. That noun also sounds like it has more emphasis being placed on it.

私の家族は父をはじめみんな辛いものが大好きだ。
Everyone in my family, like my dad, loves spicy food.

大学でリーさんをはじめたくさんの学生がクラブにする。
At college, there are lots of students like Lee-san who do clubs.

日本に留学中は、ホームステイの家族をはじめ色々な人にお世話になった。
I was grateful for a lot of people during my studying abroad in Japan, starting with my homestay family.

来週のマラソンでアレックスをはじめたくさんの人が走っている。
Alex and lots of other people will be running in the marathon next weekend.

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