期

first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period

end of term

summer term (e.g. school); summer period

middle period

medium-term

irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)

golden age; prime; heyday; height of prosperity

season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time

Computing

initialization (of a variable); initialisation

Computing

formatting (a disk); initialization

Computing

initialization (of a device); (factory) reset

Biochemistry

reprogramming

Astronomy

epoch

marriageable age; chance of marriage

Colloquial

period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

prison term

Mathematics

expected value; expectation

expectations

Physics

expectation value (in quantum mechanics)

indefinite

lengthening

one term; one period

first term; first period

short-term

suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age

this point; now; this late in the game

one's whole life; one's lifetime

classmate; graduates in the same class

Sumo

wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament

stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut

glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; ice age

tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)

regular service

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