冒頭

Verb

 * 1) to emerge; to crop up
 * 2)  to exceed by a little; to be a little over

Etymology
Derivation uncertain. May be from written, analyzable as +.

First cited in Japanese to the 1880s.

Noun

 * 1)  the lead-in, the head, the introductory portion, the beginning of a text
 * 2)  the beginning

Verb

 * 1) to lead into a text, to make introductory remarks