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始まる

はじまる (hajimaru)

to begin, to start

verb (godan)

Example

映画は8時に始まります。

えいがは8じにはじまります。

Eiga wa hachi-ji ni hajimarimasu.

The movie starts at 8 o'clock.

This is an intransitive verb (something begins by itself). Compare with 始める (hajimeru), which is transitive (to start something).