カーテンkaaten
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- nouncurtain; curtains
- 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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