think / meditate / consider / expect / reflect / prepare / make up one's mind / imagine / contrive

begin; start; initiate; originate

to start doing / to begin

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

Contraction of それなら (sore nara, “in that case”).

養鱒: trout farming

(dialect) Alternative form of それで (sore de)

(informal) Alternative form of それでも (sore de mo)