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初期 — meaning in English

shoki

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English meaning

  • archaic adj Old-fashioned or belonging to an earlier time; no longer in common use.
  • childhood noun The period of a person's life from birth to the onset of adolescence.
  • early adj Happening or arriving before the expected or usual time.
  • initial adj Happening at the very start; first.
  • prime adj Of the highest quality or importance; excellent.

Senses

初期 is used for these senses in English:

  • archaic Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  • childhood (by extension) The early stages of development of something.
  • early Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
  • initial Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
  • prime (now, _, rare) The earliest stage of something.

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