Kanji1 / 13
幕 kanji
curtain, bunting, act of play
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
マクバク
Kun readings
とばり
Words with 幕
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —定式幕kabuki curtain, usu. of three coloured panels
- —花の幕curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
- —花見幕curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
- —開幕編opening act; introductory part
- —方向幕destination sign (e.g. on a train); destination indicator; rollsign
- —承知の幕agreement
- —天幕造りtentmaker
- —幕を引くto draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); to come to an end; to finish
- —幕下上位30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers
- —幕内十年10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone
- —一幕見席special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play
- —字幕付きsubtitled (of a movie, etc.)
- —幕が開くthe curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play); to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin
- —上部字幕surtitle; supertitle
- —第一幕目first act (play, ballet, opera, etc.)
- —幕を切るto start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.); to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)
- —幕にするto bring to an end; to close the curtain
- —幕になるto come to an end; to close the curtain
- —三幕構成three-act structure (in screenwriting: setup, confrontation, resolution)
- —開幕投手opening-game pitcher