幕

• 読み: まく
• ローマ字: maku
• 漢字の分解: 幕 (maku/baku) — curtain, act, shogunate
• 発音: /ma.kɯ/

意味

Curtain; act (of a play). A large cloth screen, or a division of a theatrical performance.

A noun with two main uses. As a physical object, it means a large curtain or screen, especially in theatres and traditional settings. As a unit, it divides plays and performances into acts: 第一幕 (dai-ichi-maku, Act 1). Key expressions: 幕を開ける (maku wo akeru, to raise the curtain/begin), 幕が下りる (maku ga oriru, the curtain falls/end). Also used in historical terms like 幕府 (bakufu, shogunate).

例文

1. 芝居の第二幕が始まった。
2. お祭りの会場に大きな幕が張られていた。
3. 長い試合がついに幕を閉じた。

使い方ガイド

場面: theatre, events, history

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Classical Chinese 幕. The kanji combines 莫 (setting sun/nothing) and 巾 (cloth), originally depicting a cloth canopy used at dusk.

文化的背景

時代: Medieval

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal