初しょ稿こう

noun

first draft; first proof

Refers to the initial version of a written work, such as a manuscript, article, or document, before revisions.

• 論ろん文ぶんの初しょ稿こうを書かき終おえた。

  I finished writing the first draft of my thesis.

• 初しょ稿こうの段だん階かいではまだ誤ご字じが多おおい。

  There are still many typos at the first draft stage.