(n) (1) order
ordering
(2) beginning
start
(3) foreword
preface
introduction
(4) (in gagaku or noh) opening of a song
(n) (uk) opportunity
occasion
(P)
(n) inflorescence
(n) mechanism
(n) public order
(n) order
system
(n) authors preface
(n) order
sequence
procedure
(P)
(n) (uk) opportunity
occasion
(P)
(adv) (uk) incidentally
taking the opportunity
while (you) are at it
on the occasion
(n) overture
prelude
(P)
(n,adj-no) foreword
preface
introduction
(n) (1) prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)
(n) (1) foreword
preface
introduction
(2) prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)
(n) (arch) arranging seats by seniority
(n) order
sequence
(n) prologue
preface
(n,adj-no) an ordinal number
(n) introduction
(P)
(n) (musical) introduction
(n) the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
(P)
(n,adj-no) preface
foreword
introduction
(P)
(n,adj-no) curtain-raiser
prologue
(P)
(n,vs) rank
ranking order
hierarchy
(P)
(n) introduction
preface
(n) (Buddh) memorial rite involving the western sanctum
(n) order
regularity
system
method
(P)
(n) phyllotaxis
(n) (arch) school
(n) ordinal number
