頭注(とうちゅう)

とうちゅう
noun
headnote; note printed at the top of a page
academic
1. 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(とうちゅう)を読(よ)む。
To read the headnotes.
この本(ほん)は頭注(とうちゅう)が詳(くわ)しい。
This book has detailed headnotes.
古典(こてん)の注釈書(ちゅうしゃくしょ)では、頭注(とうちゅう)に語句(ごく)の説明(せつめい)が付(つ)いている。
In annotated editions of the classics, explanations of words and phrases appear in the headnotes.

Composition: 頭(とう) (head, top) + 注(ちゅう) (note, annotation). Literally "a note at the top (of the page)."

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Related: 脚注(きゃくちゅう) (footnote)
Related: 傍注(ぼうちゅう) (marginal note)
Related: 注釈(ちゅうしゃく) (annotation, commentary)
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