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[しょ()·()]
shoki
noun, no adjective

English Meaning(s) for 初期

noun, no adjective
  1. early (days); initial stage
  2. initial

Definition and Synonyms for 初期

Beginning the first part or section of something
Synonyms: ついで, のっけ, はじめ, スタート, ビギニング, 入口, 冒頭, すべり出し, 出だし, 出始め, 出始める, 出端, 出鼻, 出っ鼻, 初め, 初める, 初期, 初頭, 取っ付く, 取り付く, とば口, 始まり, 始まる, 始める, 幕開け, , 序の口, 序盤, 序章, 当初, 最初, 滑り出す
Onset the beginning or early stages
Synonyms: 初期
Dawn the earliest period
Synonyms: 初期, 黎明

Meanings for each kanji in 初期

» first time; beginning
» period; time; date; term

Categories 初期 is a member of

Part one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
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Start the beginning of anything
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Sample Sentences for 初期

Some early religion's leaders were persecuted by their enemies.
His early poetry draws heavily on his experience and memories of childhood.
When the early Protestant immigrants came to this country, they brought the idea that work was the way to God and heaven.
The disease is still in the primary stage.
Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored.

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