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幕 まく N3

  1. curtain
  2. act (in a play)
  3. end (of a scene); falling of the curtain
  4. close; end
  5. case; occasion; part; place; role (to play)
  6. makuuchi; top division

幕下 まくした

  1. third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division

幕僚 ばくりょう

  1. staff; staff officer

幕内 まくうち

  1. makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)

幕切れ まくぎれ

  1. end of an act; fall of the curtain
  2. close; end; ending

幕府 ばくふ

  1. bakufu; shogunate
  2. shogun's headquarters
  3. Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

幕末 ばくまつ

  1. Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

幕開け まくあけ

  1. opening of a play; rise of the curtain
  2. beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.); start

幕が下りる まくがおりる

  1. to come to an end; to lower the curtain

幕が切って落とされる まくがきっておとされる

  1. to begin grandly; to make a spectacular beginning; to start with a bang; to throw open the curtains
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