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    序章

    序じょ章しょう

    preface

    KMT10News #42+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab18 strokes

    じょしょう

    Noun

    1.
    preface, foreword, introduction, introductory chapter
    2.
    beginning, start

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    この本ほんの序じょ章しょうを読よみました。

    I read the introductory chapter of this book.

    KMT5Literature
    彼かれの長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつは、魅み力りょく的てきな序じょ章しょうで読どく者しゃを一いっ気きに引ひき込こみます。

    His novel immediately draws readers in with its captivating introductory chapter.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    物ものが語たりの序じょ章しょうは、読どく者しゃの興きょう味みを引ひくように書かかれているべきです。

    The introductory chapter of a story should be written to attract the reader's interest.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    その出で来き事ごとは、新あらたな時じ代だいの序じょ章しょうに過すぎなかった。

    That event was merely the beginning of a new era.

    KMT10HistoryCore Concepts
    この発はっ見けんは、宇う宙ちゅう探たん査さの新あらたな序じょ章しょうとなるでしょう。

    This discovery will be a new beginning for space exploration.

    KMT10Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    序
    つい.で・ついで…(2)
    preface・beginning・order・precedence・occasion…(2)
    章
    badge・chapter・composition・poem・design
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