端はし書がき

noun

foreword; preface; introduction

Refers to introductory remarks at the beginning of a book or document. Common in formal or literary contexts.

• この本ほんの端はし書がきには、著ちょ者しゃの執しっ筆ぴつ動どう機きが書かかれている。

  In the foreword of this book, the author's motivation for writing is described.

noun

postscript

Rarely used for a postscript; more commonly expressed as あとがき or 追伸. This sense may appear in older texts.

• 古ふるい手て紙がみの端はし書がきに、短みじかい追つい伸しんが添そえられていた。

  A short postscript was added at the end of the old letter.