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first year; inaugural year
the first year of something such as an era, a policy, a system, or a person's time in a position
初年の売上は好調だった。
Sales in the first year were strong.
制度導入初年は混乱が多かった。
There was a lot of confusion in the first year of the system's introduction.
この大学では初年に基礎科目を中心に学び、二年目から専門に入る。
At this university, students focus on foundational subjects in the first year and enter their specialty from the second year.
A formal term for the first year of a period, often used in business, academic, and governmental contexts. Frequently appears in compound forms and is common in news and official reports.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 初年度: first fiscal year (the most common compound form)
- 初年効果: first-year effect
- 導入初年: first year of introduction
- 開業初年: first year of business
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 一年目: first year — the general, everyday way to say "first year"
- 元年: first year of an era — specifically the first year of a Japanese imperial era or a symbolic new beginning
- 初年度: first fiscal year — the compound form, most commonly used in business and government