第だい一いち幕まく目め

Meanings

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noun

first act

Used for the first act of a play, ballet, opera, or similar staged performance.

オペラの第だい一いち幕まく目めが始はじまった。
The first act of the opera began.

eye, class, look

Etymology

Compound of 第一 (first) + 幕 (act) + 目 (ordinal suffix). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.