Illustration: At a Japanese community theater, the stage curtains have only just begun to part. The first performer steps into the narrow opening and makes an introductory bow toward an audience that is settling into silence.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

冒ぼう頭とう

boutou

opening, beginning

Example sentences

残のこっているのは冒頭ぼうとうの部分ぶぶんだけであった。
All that was left was the opening.
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彼かれはほんの冒頭ぼうとう部分ぶぶんを書かき終おえた。
He finished the opening.
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残念ざんねんながら君きみの演えんじる役やくは演劇えんげきの冒頭ぼうとうで殺ころされるのだ。
It’s too bad, but your character gets killed at the start of the play.
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Kanji in 冒頭

冒risk; faceOnボウKunおかす
頭head; counter for large animalsOnトウ・ズ・トKunあたま・かしら・かぶり

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