初頭

しょとう
beginning

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しょとう【初頭】

¶19世紀～に

in the early nineteenth century.

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しょとう【初頭】

the beginning. [⇒はじめ¹]

●今世紀初頭以来 since the beginning of this century.

●21 世紀初頭に early in [in the early part of] the 21st century.