"初期" meaning in Japanese

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "final period",
      "roman": "makki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "末",
          "まっ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "末期"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "initialization",
      "roman": "shokika",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "化",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "初期化"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "初期",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shoki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょき"
      },
      "expansion": "初(しょ)期(き) • (shoki)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "early Edo period",
          "roman": "edo jidai shoki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "江",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "戸",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "江戸時代初期"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initial period; early stage"
      ],
      "id": "en-初期-ja-noun-5SQnF2ZZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "early days; infancy"
      ],
      "id": "en-初期-ja-noun-gubYnTVw",
      "links": [
        [
          "infancy",
          "infancy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sōki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "早",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "早期"
    }
  ],
  "word": "初期"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "final period",
      "roman": "makki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "末",
          "まっ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "末期"
    }
  ],
  "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 written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "initialization",
      "roman": "shokika",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "化",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "初期化"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "初期",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "初",
          "しょ"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shoki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょき"
      },
      "expansion": "初(しょ)期(き) • (shoki)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "early Edo period",
          "roman": "edo jidai shoki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "江",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "戸",
              "ど"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "代",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "初",
              "しょ"
            ],
            [
              "期",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "江戸時代初期"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initial period; early stage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "early days; infancy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infancy",
          "infancy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sōki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "早",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "期",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "早期"
    }
  ],
  "word": "初期"
}