Word Meaning 巻頭言

かんとうげん kantougen

巻頭言 is read as かんとうげん (kantougen) and means foreword.

Meaning

English

  1. foreword
  2. preface
  3. prefatory note

Reading

Kana

かんとうげん

Romaji

kantougen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 82571 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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巻頭

かんとう

beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.)

巻頭歌

かんとうか

prefatory song or poem

開巻劈頭

かいかんへきとう

very beginning of a book

巻き込む

まきこむ

to involve

巻き返し

まきかえし

winding (thread, etc.)

巻末

かんまつ

end of a book

巻く

まく

to link (verse)

まき

heel (of a Japanese sandal)

巻物

まきもの

sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling

巻き起こす

まきおこす

to raise (a cloud of dust)

巻き上げる

まきあげる

to blow up (dust)

巻紙

まきがみ

roll of paper