始めが肝心。

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始め が 肝心 。

English Translation

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Furigana

始(はじ)めが肝心(かんじん)。

Romanji

Hajime ga kanjin.

Words

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

肝心 (かんじん)

essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main

Kanji

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

肝

Readings: カン、 きも

Meanings: liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)