Kanji

幕

幕

curtain, bunting, act of play

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

巾部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

マク, バク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

とばり

Common Readings

バク, マク

Example sentences

幕 まく
芝居の幕が下りた。

The play's curtain came down.

かくして かくして
かくして、長い戦いは幕を閉じた。

And thus, the long battle came to an end.

黒幕 くろまく
彼がこの事件の黒幕だった。

He was the mastermind behind this incident.

差金 さしがね
突然の辞職は、黒幕の差金に違いない。

The sudden resignation must be the work of a mastermind pulling the strings.

剣幕 けんまく
彼はすごい剣幕で私に詰め寄ってきた。

He approached me with a terrifyingly fierce attitude.

呆気に取られる あっけにとられる
彼のあまりの剣幕に、私は呆気に取られてしまった。

I was taken aback by his intense demeanor.

幕府 ばくふ
江戸幕府は二百六十年にわたって日本を統治した。

The Edo Shogunate ruled Japan for 260 years.

御領 ごりょう
その村は幕府の御領であった。

That village was a domain of the shogunate.

開幕 かいまく
オリンピックが開幕した。

The Olympics opened.

シーズン シーズン
プロ野球のシーズンがいよいよ開幕した

The professional baseball season has finally opened.

Example Vocabulary

幕

まく

curtain; act; end; scene

黒幕

くろまく

mastermind; behind-the-scenes string-puller

剣幕

けんまく

fierce look; threatening attitude; anger

天幕

てんまく

幕府

ばくふ

shogunate; military government

幕を閉じる

まくをとじる

開幕

かいまく

opening (of an event); start; curtain-raiser

弾幕

だんまく

一幕

ひとまく

煙幕

えんまく

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