► 名詞初期  [(1)しょき]  [liter]    
meaning:  early  rank: 2☆ 
最近は初期の
癌は
治ることが
多い ⇨ Early-stage cancers can be cured more often than not recently
☆ 初期の
携帯電話は
レンガみたいだった ⇨ The early mobile phone was like a brick
More examples:- 彼は初期の成功で自信を深めた ⇨ He’s deepened, strengthened, his confidence by the early success
 - 初期設定 ⇨ The initial settings, configurations
 - 初期の損失は必要経費と割り切らなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to regard initial losses as necessary expenses
 - 彼等は戦争の初期は劣勢だった ⇨ They were losing at the early stage of the war