"巻頭" meaning in Japanese

See 巻頭 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kã̠nto̞ː] Forms: 巻頭 [canonical] (ruby: (かん), (とう)), kantō [romanization], kwantou [romanization], くわんとう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かんとう|hhira=くわんとう}} 巻(かん)頭(とう) • (kantō) ^(←くわんとう (kwantou)?)
  1. beginning / opening of a book Synonyms: 巻首 (kanshu) (ruby: 巻首(かんしゅ))
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    },
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      "roman": "kanbi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "巻尾",
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        ]
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    },
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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          "巻",
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        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 巻頭 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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