始めに

はじめに · hajimeni · JLPT N2 · expression

first of all

🏁 始め (hajime, beginning) + に (at) = at the beginning, so first of all

始め is the noun beginning, from 始める (to start). に marks a point in time, so 始めに means at the beginning. Use it to introduce the first step in a list.

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