幕 (act of play, bunting, curtain) - Kanji Codex

幕

act of play, bunting, curtain

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バクマク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

とばり

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:6

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:835

Vocabulary

バク

Word	Reading	Meaning
幕府	バクフ	shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
幕僚	バクリョウ	staff; staff officer
幕末	バクマツ	Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
統合幕僚会議	トウゴウバクリョウカイギ	Joint Staff Council
旧幕	キュウバク	the old feudal government; shogunate

マク

Word	Reading	Meaning
開幕	カイマク	raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
字幕	ジマク	subtitles; captioning
入幕	ニュウマク	advancing to the first grade
閉幕	ヘイマク	falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
内幕	ナイマク	lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一幕	ひとまく	one act (of a play); scene; event
黒幕	くろまく	black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise; power broker
幕	まく	curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case; occasion; role (to play); part; place; makuuchi; top division
幕開け	まくあけ	rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
幕切れ	まくぎれ	fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close

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