onset

noun

an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
敵に対する攻撃（武器を使用して）
- the attack began at dawn
  明け方に攻撃が始まった
the beginning or early stages
始まりや初期の段階
- the onset of pneumonia
  肺炎の初期

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