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opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

(this is only) the beginning; just the start; jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

order; sequence; procedure

preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start

preface; foreword; introduction

overture; prelude

introduction

curtain-raiser; prologue

prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

introduction; preface

hierarchy based on age; custom of elders first

introduction

artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

foreword; preface; introduction

mechanism

authors preface

jonidan; second lowest division

order; system

public order; public policy

ordinal number

ordinal numeral; ordinal number

order; sequence

succession of strata; stratigraphy

presenting of new wrestlers to audience

capitulum (inflorescence)

phyllotaxis; phyllotaxy

memorial rite involving the western sanctum

execution order; execution sequence

word order

opening act (esp. in kabuki and jōruri); prologue

kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū

arranging seats by seniority