- 初年
- しょねん【初年】the first year.¶ → 初年兵* * *しょねん【初年】〔第一年〕 the first year; 〔初期〕 the early years.
●明治の初年に in the early years of Meiji; early in the Meiji period.
初年級 a beginners [beginner's] class.初年度 the first year 《of a project》; 〔会計年度〕 the first 《米》 fiscal [《英》 financial] year.初年兵 a raw recruit; a new conscript.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.