元始

げんし

origin

元始天尊

Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)

祭

まつり

festival, feast

元

もと げん

origin, source

始点

してん

point of departure, initial point, starting point

始電

しでん

first train

始値

はじめね はじね

opening (stock-market) quotation

始発

しはつ

first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.), first train, first bus

原始

げんし

origin, primeval

始終

しじゅう

continuously, from beginning to end, from first to last

始め

はじめ

beginning, start, outset, opening

始祖

しそ

founder, originator, pioneer

無始

むし むはじめ

the remote beginnings

更始

こうし

renewal, reform

始動

しどう

starting (in machines), activation

起始

start; beginning

始原

しげん

start, origin, beginnings

始業

しぎょう

start of work, commencement, opening

終始

しゅうし

beginning and end, from beginning to end, doing a thing from beginning to end