conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

straight, not bent

直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon / 直ぐ: quick to / 直ぐ: right next to, right close by

(obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

(obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)

a leader (one having authority) / a leader (principal article in a newspaper)

(typography, printing) a leader (a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number)

a reader

直ぐに: immediately