巻頭

かんとう
opening page of book

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かんとう【巻頭】

the opening page.

¶ → 巻頭言

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かんとう【巻頭】

the beginning [opening page] of a book.

●今月号の巻頭にまず彼の論文が出ている. His essay starts off [opens] this month's issue. | The current issue opens with his essay.

●その記念論文集の巻頭を飾る写真 the photograph(s) at the start of this commemorative collection of essays.

巻頭言, 巻頭の辞 a foreword; a preface; a prefatory note.

巻頭論文

●雑誌の巻頭論文 the opening article [essay] of a magazine.