初年度(しょねんど)

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

Forms

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