Meaning: しょとうn. (Kanji=初冬) early wintern. (Kanji=初等) primariness, state of being primary, basics, fundamentalsn. (Kanji=初頭) beginning, first, start, commencement, initiation, outset, openingn. (Kanji=諸島) group of islands, archipelago, group of small islandsn. (Kanji=蔗糖) cane sugar, sugar made from sugar cane; sucrose, variety of sugar derived from sugar beets and sugar cane