序 | [じょ, jo] (n) (1) order; ordering; (2) beginning; start; (3) (See 序詞) foreword; preface; introduction; (4) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) opening of a song #9,347 [Add to Longdo] |
序文 | [じょぶん, jobun] (n, adj-no) preface; foreword; introduction; (P) #17,450 [Add to Longdo] |
巻頭言 | [かんとうげん, kantougen] (n) foreword; preface; prefatory note [Add to Longdo] |
口書き;口書 | [くちがき, kuchigaki] (n, vs) (1) writing with the brush in one's mouth; (n) (2) foreword; preface; (3) affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
詞書き;言葉書き;詞書 | [ことばがき, kotobagaki] (n) foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions [Add to Longdo] |
緒言 | [しょげん;ちょげん, shogen ; chogen] (n) foreword; preface [Add to Longdo] |
序言 | [じょげん, jogen] (n, adj-no) foreword; preface; introduction [Add to Longdo] |
序詞 | [じょし;じょことば, joshi ; jokotoba] (n) (1) (じょし only) foreword; preface; introduction; (2) prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
小引 | [しょういん, shouin] (n) short preface; brief foreword [Add to Longdo] |
端書き | [はしがき, hashigaki] (n) foreword; preface; introduction; postscript [Add to Longdo] |