| Chinese (simplified) | 开始 , 开端 , 着手 |
| English | beginning 2 ( ⊳ ) , start 1 ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ⇔ ) , commencement ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ) , launch |
| Indonesian | awal , pembukaan , mulanya , pelancaran , pada awalnya , lontaran , bermula , mulai , permulaan , permulaannya |
| Japanese | 着手 , 経始 , スタート , 始動 , 発動 , 開始 |
| Hyponym: | groundbreaking constitution initiation scrum springboard attack kickoff first_step activation icebreaker installation startup introduction jump_ball inauguration housing_start resumption face-off |
| Hypernym: | change_of_state |
| Instance: | creation |
| Antonym: | finish |
| Semantic Field: | actn |