"初始" meaning in Japanese

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "end",
      "roman": "shūmatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "終",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "末",
          "まつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "終末"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "初始",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "始",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shoshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょし",
        "hhira": ""
      },
      "expansion": "初(しょ)始(し) • (shoshi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "beginning of the new era",
          "roman": "shinjidai no shoshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "新",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "新時代の初始"
        },
        {
          "english": "the initial stage",
          "roman": "shoshi dankai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "階",
              "かい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "初始段階"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-初始-ja-noun-FUn4cWAp",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "hajimari",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "始",
              "はじ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "始まり"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "初始"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "end",
      "roman": "shūmatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "終",
          "しゅう"
        ],
        [
          "末",
          "まつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "終末"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "初始",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "始",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shoshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょし",
        "hhira": ""
      },
      "expansion": "初(しょ)始(し) • (shoshi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "beginning of the new era",
          "roman": "shinjidai no shoshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "新",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "新時代の初始"
        },
        {
          "english": "the initial stage",
          "roman": "shoshi dankai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "始",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "段",
              "だん"
            ],
            [
              "階",
              "かい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "初始段階"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beginning, origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hajimari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "始",
          "はじ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "始まり"
    }
  ],
  "word": "初始"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "初始"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "初始",
  "trace": ""
}