conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

drink

all day

the first day of the month (solar or lunar calendar)

(literary) one day, 24 hours / (literary) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk / (literary) (figuratively) a short period of time

(obsolete) one day, 24 hours / (obsolete) the daytime, the period from dawn until dusk

(rare, obsolete) (all senses appear to be identical as for hitohi above)

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

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me