初動

しょどうshodou

noun

  1. initial response (e.g. to a crisis)
  2. action in the earliest stages
  3. initial shock (of an earthquake)
  4. preliminary tremor

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences