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Chinese
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to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave |
head; (noun suffix)
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| trad. (冒頭)
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冒
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頭
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| simp. (冒头)
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冒
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头
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Pronunciation
Verb
冒頭
- to emerge; to crop up
- (after numbers) to exceed by a little; to be a little over
Synonyms
- (to crop up): 冒尖 (màojiān)
- (to exceed by a little): 出頭／出头 (chūtóu), 冒尖 (màojiān); (Hokkien) 吐頭／吐头, 較吐／较吐
Japanese
Etymology
Derivation uncertain. May be from written Chinese 冒頭／冒头 (màotóu), analyzable as 冒 (“to emerge”) + 頭 (“the head; the top; the beginning”).
First cited in Japanese to the 1880s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
冒頭 • (bōtō)
- the lead-in, the head, the introductory portion, the beginning of a text
- the beginning (more generally)
- Synonyms: 始め (hajime), 始まり (hajimari)
Verb
冒頭する • (bōtō suru) suru (stem 冒頭し (bōtō shi), past 冒頭した (bōtō shita))
- to lead into a text, to make introductory remarks
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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冒頭し
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ぼうとうし
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bōtō shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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冒頭し
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ぼうとうし
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bōtō shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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冒頭する
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ぼうとうする
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bōtō suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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冒頭する
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ぼうとうする
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bōtō suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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冒頭すれ
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ぼうとうすれ
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bōtō sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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冒頭せよ¹
冒頭しろ²
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ぼうとうせよ¹
ぼうとうしろ²
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bōtō seyo¹
bōtō shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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冒頭される
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ぼうとうされる
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bōtō sareru
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| Causative
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冒頭させる
冒頭さす
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ぼうとうさせる
ぼうとうさす
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bōtō saseru
bōtō sasu
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| Potential
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冒頭できる
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ぼうとうできる
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bōtō dekiru
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| Volitional
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冒頭しよう
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ぼうとうしよう
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bōtō shiyō
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| Negative
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冒頭しない
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ぼうとうしない
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bōtō shinai
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| Negative continuative
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冒頭せず
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ぼうとうせず
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bōtō sezu
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| Formal
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冒頭します
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ぼうとうします
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bōtō shimasu
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| Perfective
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冒頭した
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ぼうとうした
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bōtō shita
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| Conjunctive
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冒頭して
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ぼうとうして
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bōtō shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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冒頭すれば
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ぼうとうすれば
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bōtō sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ “冒頭”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
冒頭 • (modu) (hangeul 모두)
- hanja form? of 모두 (“beginning of a talk or story”)