| 巻頭 | [かんとう, kantou] (n) (1) opening page of book; beginning of an essay; (adj-f) (2) prefatory |
| 巻頭歌 | [かんとうか, kantouka] (n) prefatory song or poem; opening song |
| 巻頭言 | [かんとうげん, kantougen] (n) foreword; preface; prefatory note |
| 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.) |
| 開経 | [かいきょう, kaikyou] (n) (1) {Buddh} prefatory sutra; (2) opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra |
| 題言 | [だいげん, daigen] (n) prefatory words; epigraph |
| 題辞 | [だいじ, daiji] (n) prefatory words; epigraph |