VocabJLPT N2
early days
Nounの-Adjective

Definitions

  1. 1. early days
  2. 2. early years
This noun means "early stage" or "initial period," referring to the beginning phase of something such as a project, era, illness, or technology. It is used to describe conditions or features that existed at the start before later developments occurred. For example, it might describe the early symptoms of a disease or the initial version of software.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Which period was the hardest? The early days, I'm guessing?

Sentence 2

Maybe that's why the early stages of growth tend to be the most painful.

Sentence 3

What exactly counts as the early stage? Is there a set standard?

Sentence 4

You're not seriously pretending to forget the promises we made at the start, are you?

Sentence 5

Why didn't you come to us earlier, when it was just getting started?