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幕
curtain · shogun's government · act (of a play)
N1On: まく、ばく
Memory Aid
Vocabulary
幕まくcurtain
幕府ばくふshogunate, shogun's government
黒幕くろまくwirepuller, mastermind (literally 'black curtain')
幕開けまくあけopening, beginning (of an event or era)
終幕しゅうかくfinal act, end
Example Sentences
舞台の幕が上がった。
The stage curtain went up.
新しい時代の幕開けだ。
It's the dawn of a new era.
江戸幕府は長く続いた。
The Edo Shogunate lasted a long time.
会議は静かに幕を閉じた。
The meeting quietly came to an end.