初年度(しょねんど)

しょねんど
noun
first year; inaugural year
1. first year; inaugural year
the first fiscal or academic year of a project, policy, program, or similar undertaking
初年度(しょねんど)の売上(うりあげ)は好調(こうちょう)だった。
First-year sales were strong.
この制度(せいど)は初年度(しょねんど)から成果(せいか)を上(あ)げた。
This system produced results from its first year.
初年度(しょねんど)の目標(もくひょう)は会員(かいいん)一万人(いちまんにん)だ。
The first-year target is 10,000 members.
大学(だいがく)入学(にゅうがく)の初年度(しょねんど)にかかる費用(ひよう)は約(やく)百五十万円(ひゃくごじゅうまんえん)だ。
The costs incurred in the first year of university enrollment are about 1.5 million yen.

A compound noun used in formal and business contexts to mark the first year of something — whether a fiscal year, a new policy, a product launch, or university enrollment.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 初年度(しょねんど)の売上(うりあげ): first-year sales
  • 初年度(しょねんど)の費用(ひよう): first-year costs
  • 初年度(しょねんど)予算(よさん): first-year budget
  • 初年度(しょねんど)目標(もくひょう): first-year target

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 一年目(いちねんめ): the first year (ordinal); more general and conversational, while 初年度(しょねんど) is used in formal planning and reporting
  • 年度(ねんど): fiscal/academic year; the base word without the "first" qualifier
  • 元年(がんねん): first year of an era; used for reign names and metaphorically for epoch-making firsts

WORD FORMATION:
初(しょ) (first, initial) + 年度(ねんど) (fiscal/academic year).

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