Nounmakuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)

Nounshogunate; bakufu · shogun's headquarters · Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

Nounstaff; staff officer

NounBakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

Nounthird highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division

Nounrise of the curtain; opening of a play · beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

Nounfall of the curtain; end of an act · end; ending; close

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcamp; camping

Nounintermission (between acts); interlude

Nountent · tabernacle · small curtain-enclosed area (off a stage)

Nounshogunate official

Noundirect vassal of the shogunate (Edo period); direct retainer of the shogun (e.g. a hatamoto)

Nouncamp; barracks

Nounshogunate army

Nounthe shogunate (administration)

Nounsheet lightning

Nounlowest ranked wrestler in makuuchi division

Nounscreening panel (desk, etc.); modesty board

Nouncurtain pillar; curtain stake

Nounland under the direct control of the shogunate

Nounmilitary camp; encampment · subordinate; vassal; retainer; follower · direct retainer of a shogun; shogunal vassal

Nounchief of staff

Nounrise of the curtain; opening of a play · beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

Nounbox lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables) · makunouchi; makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo) · intermission (between acts); interlude

Nounputting an end to; bringing to a close · person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

Nounreferee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

Nounreferee officiating the third highest division

Nounland under the direct control of the shogunate

Nounfeudal system of the shogunate and domains

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.) · to come to an end; to finish

Noun30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingthe curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.); the curtain rises; to start (of a play) · to start (of an event, campaign, etc.); to begin

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) · to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Suru verb - includedto bring to an end; to close the curtain

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto come to an end; to close the curtain

Nounclosing years of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration (1850s-1860s); Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto lower the curtain; to come to an end

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto lower the curtain (at the end of a play) · to come to an end; to finish

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler)

Nounbox lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'su' endingto lower the curtain (at the end of a play) · to come to an end; to finish

Nountournament win in the highest division

Nounvery successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'su' endingto start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; to throw open the curtains