shotōde
1. Beginning; Initial stage
★ Common
Noun
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1. Beginning; Initial stage
1. archipelago; group of islands
1. beginning (of a century, etc.)
1. It is not the beginning.; It's not my first time.
1. It was not the beginning.; It wasn't the first time.
1. If the beginning; When the beginning
1. It was the beginning.; It was introductory.
1. Probably at first.; Likely the beginning.
1. Beginning; Start
1. Islands.