How to say "curtain" in Japanese

• カーテンJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCurtains in the home: window curtains, shower curtains and the like. When you mean the cloth hung at a window, this is the word you want.
  カーテンが風かぜになびいた。↗

  The curtains blew in the wind.
• 幕まくJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe stage curtain: the heavy cloth that rises and falls in a theater, not the curtains at a window. It is also used figuratively for the close of an event.
  万雷ばんらいの拍手はくしゅのうちに幕まくが下おりた。↗

  The curtain fell amid the wild applause of the audience.
• 垂れ幕たれまくCommon
  nounReally a hanging banner or screen strung up for an event or celebration; its 'curtain' sense is marginal, so it is seldom the word you want for ordinary curtains.

Use 「カーテン」 for household curtains, 幕 for the stage curtain that rises and falls, and 「垂れ幕」 only for hanging banners or screens; its curtain sense is marginal.

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• カーテンcurtain
• 幕まくcurtain
• 垂れ幕たれまくhanging banner
• 帳とばりcurtain
• 幔幕まんまくcurtain
• 帷帳いちょうcurtain
• 帷幕いばくcurtain
• 帳幕ちょうばくcurtain
• たれぎぬhanging silk
• 引き物ひきものcurtain