Word Meaning 初期

しょき shoki

初期 is read as しょき (shoki) and means early days.

Meaning

English

  1. early days
  2. early years
  3. early stages
  4. initial stages
  5. beginning

Reading

Kana

しょき

Romaji

shoki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 末期 Rank 2162 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

初期費用

しょきひよう

initial costs

初期化部

しょきかぶ

initialization section

初期化子

しょきかし

initializer

初期化

しょきか

reprogramming

初期化コード

しょきかこーど

initialization code

初期点

しょきてん

initial point

初期メン

しょきめん

founding member (of a music group, etc.)

初期メンバー

しょきめんばー

founding member (of a music group, etc.)

初期画面

しょきがめん

opening screen

初期キリスト教

しょききりすときょう

early Christianity

Example Sentences

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The initial cost is a hurdle.

The initial symptoms of the disease are fever and sore throat.

That author's earlier works aren't very well known.

Mexican desperadoes during the early twenties were usually armed to the teeth with stolen firearms and ammunition.

One of the early noticeable symptoms is trouble with urination, but often there are no clear symptoms.

During the Heian period's initial stages, the imperial court completely devoted itself to imitating Chinese culture, however during the midst of the period, a culture based off of Japanese sense of beauty began to bloom.

Crashes in the early days of commercial jets tended to be caused by technical faults, such as metal fatigue in the airframe or engines.

So I was running in the heat, and then suddenly it didn't feel so hot anymore, but the temperature hadn't changed. Turns out, as my coach later pointed out, that was actually the first sign of heat stroke.