Nounone act (of a play) · scene; event

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbraising the curtain · opening (of an event); start; beginning

Nounblack curtain · wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise; power broker

Nounsubtitles; captioning

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'curtain-raiser; prologue

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbadvancing to the first grade

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbfalling of the curtain · (coming to an) end; close

Nounmakuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)

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

Nounstaff; staff officer

Nounlowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances · inner curtain (in a military encampment)

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

Nounthird highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division

Nounrank-and-file wrestlers in the 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

Nounhanging banner; hanging screen; curtain

Nounhorizontal banner

Nounsmokescreen

Nounthe old feudal government; shogunate

Noun(projection) screen · the silver screen; the film world; movies

Nounthreatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

Nounsupporting the Tokugawa shogunate (at the end of the Edo period)

Nounend; close

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbunveiling (a statue, monument, etc.)

Noun(artillery) barrage · bullet hell; curtain fire; screen-filling barrage of (usu. slow-moving) enemy bullets · barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)

Nounmiddle act

Noundecorative curtain hung from the ceiling · tent; pavilion; marquee

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verboverthrow of the shogunate

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbcamp; camping

Nounintermission (between acts); interlude

Nounentrance curtain (in noh)

Nouncurtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place

Nouncurtain; drapery

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbattacking the shogunate

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

Nounblack and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

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

Nouncamp enclosure

Noungeneral staff headquarters

Nounblackout curtain

Nounlowest ranked wrestler in makuuchi division

Nouncoloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

Nouncurtain with horizontal stripes