to make extracts from a book

extracts; excerpts

begin; start; initiate; originate

to start doing / to begin

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

(archaic) a document / (archaic) (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

a document / (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

a document, a written record / a letter, an epistle

(archaic) the act of writing of a letter or correspondence / (archaic) the writing in a letter or correspondence, especially the style or appearance