to start, to begin (to do something previously not done)
to start (to enter the first stages of something)
to begin (to do something as the first of a series of actions)
to begin, to start (to take on a particular profession) [with jako (+ nominative) ‘as what’],
to begin (to open and start using something previously unused)
to begin (to say something at first and continue speaking afterwards)
to begin, to start (to gain a particular ability)
to start (to be the cause of conflict)
(obsolete) to enter pregnancy, to become pregnant
to start, to begin (of events, etc., to have a beginning; to be initiated)
to start, to begin (of places, etc., to have an edge; to be first seen somewhere)
to start, to begin (of periods, etc., to have the initial phase and continue to last)
to start, to begin (to be the first of a collection of events)