(Classical Japanese grammar) an adjective inflection class for some classical adjectives ending in -shi:

application (the use of a thing) / inflection (of a verb, conjugation; of an adjective or noun, declension)

studying, studies, study

to study / to discount, to reduce the price of something

Alternative form of 勉強

begin; start; initiate; originate

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

to utilize / (grammar) to inflect, to conjugate