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Transitive & Intransitive Verb Pairs
Transitivity Drill: 始まる (hajimaru)
This verb 始まる represents a transitivity conjugation pair: to start (by itself) [Intransitive] (JLPT N5). 始まる (hajimaru) is intransitive (自動詞) and denotes that an event is commencing.
Context Example
授業が八時に[始まる]。
Jugyou ga hachiji ni hajimaru.
Class starts at 8 o'clock. (Intransitive)
What is the transitive/intransitive verb for "to start (by itself) [Intransitive]"?
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