序

Meaning

序 centers on the idea of a structured beginning or arrangement: a preface that sets the order of things, a sequence, or an occasion that arises as part of that order. The sense of 'chance' or 'incidentally' extends from something that happens in due course.

• 序でついで
  N2

  opportunity; occasion; chance

• 序盤じょばん

  opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)

• 秩序ちつじょ
  N1

  order; discipline; regularity; system; method

• 順序じゅんじょ
  N2

  order; sequence

• 序じょ

  order; ordering

• 序列じょれつ

  rank; ranking order; hierarchy

• 序章じょしょう

  preface; foreword; introduction; introductory chapter

• 無秩序むちつじょ

  disorder; chaos; confusion

• 序曲じょきょく

  overture; prelude

• 公序良俗こうじょりょうぞく

  public order and morals; social standards; public policy

• 序文じょぶん

  preface; foreword; introduction

• 年功序列ねんこうじょれつ

  seniority by length of service

• 序の口じょのくち

  the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning")

• 花序かじょ

  inflorescence

• 序説じょせつ

  introduction

• 序論じょろん

  introduction; preface

• 序奏じょそう

  introduction

• 序幕じょまく

  curtain-raiser; prologue

• 序二段じょにだん

  jonidan (second lowest) division

• 公序こうじょ

  public order; public policy

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