How to say "originate" in Japanese

• 始めるはじめるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbIt means 'to start, begin, or initiate': it fits the active sense of originate, where someone starts a new practice or project. For 'where something comes from', it is not the word you want.
  いつゴルフを始はじめたのですか。↗

  When did you begin playing golf?
• 基づくもとづくJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThis covers the intransitive sense: something originates in, arises from, or is due to a source. It really means 'to be based on', so it presents the thing as grounded in that source.
  彼かれらの争あらそいは誤解ごかいに基もとづくものだ。↗

  The dispute between them is due to a misunderstanding.

Use 「始める」 for the active sense of originate — starting or initiating something new — and 「基づく」 for the intransitive sense where something originates in, arises from, or is due to a source.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 始めるはじめるto start
• 始まるはじまるto date (from)
• 基づくもとづくto be due to
• 出るでるto break out