Gridded paper for writing Japanese, with one character for each character. It is found especially in education.

poem / verse of poetry / (poetry) Chinese poetry / Short for 詩経 (“Shijing, the Book of Odes”).

manuscript; script / draft

form (document to be filled)

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

conjunctive form of 書く

begin; start; initiate; originate

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

to start doing / to begin