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rank; ranking order; hierarchy

order; sequence; procedure

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

preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start

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

preface; foreword; introduction

overture; prelude

introduction

curtain-raiser; prologue

foreword; preface; introduction; prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

foreword; preface; introduction; prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

introduction; preface

hierarchy based on age; custom of elders first

public order; public policy

introduction

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

foreword; preface; introduction

mechanism

authors preface

jonokuchi; lowest division in sumo

jonidan; second lowest division

order; system

ordinal number

ordinal numeral; ordinal number

order; sequence

succession of strata; stratigraphy

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

presenting of new wrestlers to audience

execution order; execution sequence

phyllotaxis; phyllotaxy

capitulum (inflorescence)

kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū

word order

memorial rite involving the western sanctum

arranging seats by seniority