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opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo

order; sequence; procedure

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

prologue; preface

preface; foreword; introduction

overture; prelude

introduction

curtain-raiser; prologue

introduction; preface

introduction

foreword; preface; introduction

artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)

mechanism

prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

authors preface

jonidan (second lowest) division

public order; public policy

order; system

ordinal number

ordinal numeral; ordinal number

order; sequence

succession of strata; stratigraphy

presenting of new wrestlers to audience

capitulum (inflorescence)

phyllotaxis; phyllotaxy

memorial rite involving the western sanctum

word order

arranging seats by seniority