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幕開け (makuake) Japanese meaning: rise of the curtain | Kotomora

幕まく開あけ

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

rise of the curtain; opening of a play

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

See also: 幕開き

幕まく開あけのベルが鳴なり、観かん客きゃくが静しずかになった

。

The opening bell rang and the audience fell silent.

2

beginning; start; opening

Figurative use for the start of an era, event, tournament, festival, or new phase. Often used in news contexts.

Antonyms: 幕切れ

新しん年ねん度どの幕まく開あけを祝いわう式しき典てんが行おこなわれた。
A ceremony was held to celebrate the start of the new fiscal year.
大たい会かいの幕まく開あけを告つげる花はな火びが打うち上あげられた。
Fireworks were launched to mark the opening of the tournament.

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.