カーテンkaaten

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouncurtain; curtains
    カーテンが風かぜになびいた。↗
    The curtains blew in the wind.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym幕まくNeutralA stage curtain or an act of a play, as in 「幕が開く」; mostly used for the theater, not for household curtains.
  • Related帳とばりWrittenWritten/formal prose. A literary word for drapery, also used figuratively for the curtain of night, as in 「夜の帳が下りる」.
  • Related窓掛けまどかけNeutralNeutral but old-fashioned word for curtains; in modern usage people generally say 「カーテン」.

For household curtains 「カーテン」 is the default. 「窓掛け」 is an old-fashioned alternative, 「幕」 is for stage curtains or acts of a play, and 「帳」 is literary, as in 「夜の帳が下りる」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 外光がいこうや外そとからの騒音そうおんの遮蔽しゃへい、室内しつないの秘密ひみつ保持ほじ、保温ほおん、装飾そうしょく、仕切しきり等とうのために使用しようされる、窓まどや室内しつないにつるす布ぬの。
  2. 舞台ぶたいの前面ぜんめんで上げ下あげおろしされる布ぬの。幕まく。
  3. 情報じょうほう、交流こうりゅうなどを遮断しゃだんするもの。
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