Hanamaruhanamaru

Say when something starts and ends

はじまります is “starts” and おわります “ends”, said of events rather than people.

JLPTN5
[event] は [time] に はじまります / おわります

はじまります is “starts” and おわります “ends”, both polite forms. The event is the topic and the verb comes last: じゅぎょうは はちじはんに はじまります. The clock time takes , and からまで frames a whole range: テストは くじから じゅうじまでです.

Tips and Common Traps

Maru· Common trap

はじまります is something starting by itself. A person starting something is はじめます, a different verb.

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