テントtento

1. nountent
   私わたしたちは暗くらくならないうちにテントを張はった。↗

   We set up our tents before dark.

• Synonym天幕てんまくWrittenWritten/formal word for a tent; it can also mean a decorative curtain hung from the ceiling. In everyday speech 「テント」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym幕屋まくやWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: a temporary shelter made of cloth, or the sacred tabernacle of religious rites. In daily speech say 「テント」.

For an everyday tent, say 「テント」. 「天幕」 is a written/formal alternative that also covers decorative ceiling curtains, while 「幕屋」 appears mainly in religious texts for a cloth shelter or the tabernacle.

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1. 日射にっしゃ、風雨ふうう、寒さむさを防ふせぐため、支柱しちゅうと幕まくでつくる簡便かんべんな家屋かおく。天幕てんまく。