Japanese

<p>
	By adding <strong><ruby>始hazi</ruby>める (to begin)</strong> or <strong><ruby>終o</ruby>える (to end)</strong> to a stem-form verb, 
	you can signal that the activity described by the verb either began or finished. See the below example sentences 
	for how this grammar point is used in context.
</p>
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Stem-form + 始める and 終える

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

ato

Breakdown of ato

Usages of ato