| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 着手します | I'll get on it right away. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | filloj | Arabic | شن |
| Azeri | başlamaq | Catalan | iniciar |
| Danish | begynde | Dutch | beginnen,starten |
| English | start | Esperanto | starti |
| Estonian | käivituma, startima | Finnish | aloitella, aloittaa, alottaa, käynnistyä, käynnistää, startata |
| German | anbrechen, anlaufen, einleiten, losgehen, starten | Greek | αρχίζω |
| Hungarian | beindul, indít, megindít | Icelandic | hrökkva |
| Indonesian | memulai, mulai | Italian | adire, attivare, iniziarsi, intavolare, intentare, rintavolare, sobbalzare, sussultare |
| Lithuanian | užkurti, užvesti | Macedonian | почне, се зароди |
| Norwegian | innlede, starte | Polish | startować, uruchomić, wszcząć, wystartować |
| Portuguese | começar, encetar, iniciar | Romanian | începe, porni, tresări |
| Russian | вздрагивать, вздрогнуть, пускаться, пуститься, трогаться, тронуться | Spanish | empezar, incoar |
| Swedish | starta, starva | Thai | ลงมือ |
| Turkish | başlamak, başlanmak, başlatılmak, başlatmak, start vermek | Vietnamese | khởi công, khởi đầu, khởi động, khởi hành, khởi sự, xuất phát |
