前書き[まえがき] (maegaki)

foreword; preface

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前書き (まえがき, maegaki) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “foreword; preface”.

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有名ゆうめい建築けんちく がこの ほん前書まえがきを いています

A famous architect is writing the preface of this book.

発句が中心となって文章はその前書き、詞書としての性格が強い。

The main component of the book is haikai poetry, and prose is used for the foreword and captions for the poetry.

その前書きによると初出版以来8年間で合計約70万冊が売れたとの事である。

According to the preamble, 700,000 copies were sold during the eight years since the first was published.

その後1880年(明治13年)に「」という前書きを加え、一冊の本に合本された。

Then, all volumes were combined to one volume by adding a preamble in 1880.