[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 #9347
[じょぶん, jobun] (n, adj-no) preface; foreword; introduction; (P) #17450
[かんとうげん, kantougen] (n) foreword; preface; prefatory note
[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)
[ことばがき, kotobagaki] (n) foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
[じじょ, jijo] (n) authors preface
[しきご, shikigo] (n) preface; editors note; postscript
[しょげん;ちょげん, shogen ; chogen] (n) foreword; preface
[しょろん;ちょろん, shoron ; choron] (n) introduction; preface
[じょぶん, jobun] (n) preface; introduction
[じょげん, jogen] (n, adj-no) foreword; preface; introduction
[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.)
[じょしょう, joshou] (n) prologue; preface
[じょろん, joron] (n) introduction; preface
[しょういん, shouin] (n) short preface; brief foreword
[まえがき, maegaki] (n) preface; preamble; prolog; (P)
[まえふり, maefuri] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 前置き) preface; introduction; (2) lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; (3) (See 前振込み) payment in advance (by bank transfer)
[ぜんち, zenchi] (n, adj-no) preface; introduction
[まえおき, maeoki] (n, vs) preface; introduction; (P)
[はしがき, hashigaki] (n) foreword; preface; introduction; postscript
[まくらことば, makurakotoba] (n) (1) pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature); (2) preface; introduction
[れいげん, reigen] (n, vs) preface; foreword