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始動する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	始し動どうする	始し動どうしない
Polite	始し動どうします	始し動どうしません
Past polite	始し動どうしました	始し動どうしませんでした
Past	始し動どうした	始し動どうしなかった
Te-form	始し動どうして	始し動どうしないで
Desire	始し動どうしたい	始し動どうしたくない
Potential	始し動どうできる	始し動どうできない
Passive	始し動どうされる	始し動どうされない
Causative	始し動どうさせる	始し動どうさせない
Causative passive	始し動どうさせられる	始し動どうさせられない
Volitional	始し動どうしよう
Polite volitional	始し動どうしましょう
Imperative	始し動どうしろ	始し動どうするな
Conditional	始し動どうすれば	始し動どうしなければ
Tara conditional	始し動どうしたら	始し動どうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

starting up; activating

Used for machines, engines, systems, or equipment beginning operation. Often implies a deliberate action to set something in motion.

エンジンを始し動どうする前まえに、周しゅう囲いの安あん全ぜんを確かく認にんしてください。
Please check the surroundings for safety before starting the engine.
新あたらしい生せい産さんラインが始し動どうした。
The new production line has started up.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

launching; initiating; commencing

Used for projects, plans, campaigns, or organized activities. Carries a formal, often official tone.

来らい月げつから新しんプロジェクトを始し動どうする予よ定ていです。
We plan to launch the new project next month.
大だい規き模ぼな調ちょう査さが始し動どうした。
A large-scale investigation has been initiated.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が始し動どうするfor a machine or engine to start up
エンジンが始し動どうした。
The engine started up.
〈事こと〉を始し動どうさせるto set a project or initiative into motion
会かい社しゃは新あたらしいプロジェクトを始し動どうさせた。
The company launched a new project.
〈事こと〉が始し動どうするfor a plan, campaign, or system to get underway
来らい月げつ、新あたらしい制せい度どが始し動どうする。
The new system will get underway next month.

Kanji

始commence, begin
動move, motion, change

Transitive / intransitive

始動 can be used both transitively and intransitively: エンジンを始動する (to start the engine, transitive) and エンジンが始動する (the engine starts up, intransitive).

Related words

起き動どうN2sense 1
起動 typically refers to starting up computers, software, or electronic devices, while 始動 is broader and covers engines, machinery, and organizational launches.
開かい始しN3
開始 is a general, everyday word for 'beginning' anything, whereas 始動 is more specific to starting machinery or formally launching initiatives.
発はつ動どう sense 2
発動 emphasizes the activation or invoking of a power, law, or mechanism, while 始動 focuses on the moment something begins operating or is launched.
稼か働どう sense 1
稼働 refers to a machine or system actually being in operation, while 始動 refers specifically to the act of starting it up.
動うごき出だす
始動する is a more formal word often used for machines or engines starting up, while 動き出す is broader and can describe situations or people as well.

Opposites

停てい止しN3sense 1
停止 means a machine or process stops, the direct opposite of 始動, which means it starts up.
終しゅう了りょうN2sense 2
終了 means a project or activity ends, the opposite of 始動, which means it is launched or begun.

Counted with

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Word family

再さい始し動どう
restart; resume

Etymology

Compound of 始 (beginning) and 動 (movement). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination transparently conveys 'beginning of motion'.