巻かん頭とう

noun

beginning of a book/magazine; opening pages

Refers specifically to the front matter or opening section of a publication, such as the first few pages or the start of the content.

• その雑ざっ誌しの巻かん頭とうには、編へん集しゅう長ちょうの挨あい拶さつが載のっている。

  The editor-in-chief's greeting appears at the beginning of the magazine.

noun

beginning of a matter; start

Extended figurative use for the start or opening phase of an event, project, or story. Less common than the publishing sense.

• 物もの語がたりの巻かん頭とうで、主しゅ人じん公こうはまだ普ふ通つうの学がく生せいだった。

  At the beginning of the story, the protagonist was still an ordinary student.