冒頭

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See also: 冒头

Chinese

to cover; to emit; to manifest
to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave
 
head; (noun suffix)
trad. (冒頭)
simp. (冒头)

Pronunciation


Verb

冒頭

  1. to emerge; to crop up
  2. (after numbers) to exceed by a little; to be a little over

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: S
とう
Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

Derivation uncertain. May be from written Chinese 冒頭冒头 (màotóu), analyzable as (to emerge) + (the head; the top; the beginning).

First cited in Japanese to the 1880s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぼう)(とう) (bōtō

  1. the lead-in, the head, the introductory portion, the beginning of a text
  2. the beginning (more generally)
    Synonyms: 始め (hajime), 始まり (hajimari)

Verb

(ぼう)(とう)する (bōtō surusuru (stem (ぼう)(とう) (bōtō shi), past (ぼう)(とう)した (bōtō shita))

  1. to lead into a text, to make introductory remarks

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 冒頭”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

冒頭 (modu) (hangeul 모두)

  1. hanja form? of 모두 (beginning of a talk or story)