幕まく開あけ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

rise of the curtain; opening of a play

Literal theatrical opening; the moment the curtain rises at the start of a performance.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の幕まく開あけthe opening/start of ~
この試し合あいが新しんシーズンの幕まく開あけとなる。
This match marks the opening of the new season.
幕まく開あけを迎むかえるto reach the beginning (of an era, event, etc.)
いよいよ新しん時じ代だいの幕まく開あけを迎むかえた。
We have finally reached the dawn of a new era.
幕まく開あけとなるto become/mark the start of ~
この事じ件けんが長ながい戦せん争そうの幕まく開あけとなった。
This incident marked the beginning of a long war.

Kanji

幕curtain, bunting, act of play
開open, unfold, unseal

Related words

開かい幕まくN1sense 2
開幕 is a slightly more formal, often news-style term for the opening of an event (e.g. a tournament), while 幕開け is used both literally for theater and figuratively for any beginning.
幕まく開あき sense 1
幕開き is an older, less common way of saying the rise of the curtain, while 幕開け is the standard modern term for the same theatrical opening.
始はじまりN3sense 2
始まり is the plain, everyday word for a beginning of anything, whereas 幕開け keeps a theatrical, dramatic flavor even in figurative use.
黎れい明めい
幕開け emphasizes the opening scene or start of an event, while 黎明 (figurative sense) evokes the dawning of a whole era or movement.
序じょ幕まく
幕開け is the common everyday word for the start of an event, while 序幕 is a slightly more formal, literary term evoking the opening act of a play.

Opposites

幕まく切ぎれ sense 2
fall of the curtain; end of an act · end; close; conclusion

Built from

幕まく+開あける

Etymology

Compound of 幕 (curtain) and 開け (opening), from the verb 開ける (to open). Originally referred to the rising of a theater curtain, later extended to figurative beginnings.