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headnote; note printed in the top margin
An annotation placed in the top margin of a page, above the main text. Common in annotated editions of classical or scholarly works, where it comments on the passage below it.
頭注を読む。
To read the headnotes.
この本は頭注が詳しい。
This book has detailed headnotes.
古典の注釈書では、頭注に語句の説明が付いている。
In annotated editions of the classics, explanations of words and phrases appear in the headnotes.
COMPOSITION: 頭 (head, top) + 注 (note, annotation). Literally "a note at the top (of the page)."
RELATED TERMS:
- 脚注: footnote — a note at the foot of the page
- 傍注: marginal note — a note in the side margin
- 注釈: annotation, commentary — the general term