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initial noun

  /-s(ɪ)jal/ , /ɪˈniʃ(ɪ)jal/ , /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
  • The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
イニシャル, 頭文字, 声母
  • (phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
声母
  • (typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
イニシャル

initial adjective

  /-s(ɪ)jal/ , /ɪˈniʃ(ɪ)jal/ , /ɪˈnɪʃəl/
  • Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
初期, 始め, 最初

initialize verb

  /ɪˈnɪʃəlaɪz/
  • (computing) To assign an initial value to a variable.
  • (somewhat, dated) To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.
初期化

initialization noun

  • (programming) An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable
初期化

initiate verb

  /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/ , /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/ , /ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.eɪt/ , /ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.ət/
  • (transitive) To begin; to start.
取り掛かる, 始める, 開始する

initiative

主導権

initiative noun

  /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/
  • A beginning; a first move.
  • A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  • The ability to act first or on one's own.
主導

initiation noun

  /ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
始まり, 着手, 開始

initially adverb

  /ɪˈnɪʃli/ , /ɪˈnɪʃəli/
  • At the beginning.
始め

initiator noun

  • One who initiates.
言い出しっ屁
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