をはじめ(として) (wohajime toshite)

beginning with; taking as an example; and so on

Meaning & usage

をはじめ(として)presents one representative item and indicates that other similar things are included as well, meaning something like "starting with" or "including." It attaches directly to a noun, and the variant をはじめとする takes a following noun, as in 『源氏物語』をはじめとする物語.

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