幕|まくmaku[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouncurtain
   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.
2. noun, counteract (in a play)
   この劇げきは三さん幕まくからなる。↗

   This play has three acts.
3. nounfalling of the curtain; end (of a scene)
4. nounend; close
   音楽会おんがくかいは国歌こっかで幕まくとなった。↗

   The concert concluded with the national anthem.
5. nouncase; occasion; role (to play); part; place
6. noun, sumomakuuchi; top division

• SynonymカーテンNeutralLoanword for window curtains; the everyday default. 「幕」 is mainly for stage curtains or large drapes.
• Synonym帳とばりWrittenWritten, elegant word for a hanging drape, often figurative for nightfall, as in 「夜の帳が下りる」.
• SynonymたれぎぬWrittenWritten word for a hanging silk curtain; found mostly in classical-style description.
• Related覆いおおいNeutralA cover or hood placed over something, as in 「覆いをかける」; not necessarily a hanging cloth.
• Related窓掛けまどかけNeutralOld-fashioned word for curtains; today one says 「カーテン」.
• Related帷帳いちょうWrittenWritten word for drapery; virtually unused in modern Japanese.
• Related帷幕いばくWrittenWritten word for a curtain or, by extension, a field headquarters, as in 「帷幕に参ずる」.

Use 「幕」 for stage curtains, large drapes, or an act of a play. For window curtains say 「カーテン」; 「帳」 is the elegant word as in 「夜の帳」; covers are 「覆い」; the rest are rare or dated.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （マク）仕切しきりや装飾そうしょくなどの目的もくてきで垂たらしたりめぐらしたりする長ながい布ぬの。
2. （マク）劇場げきじょうなどで、開演かいえん時じに開ひらき、閉へい演時に閉とじる、舞台ぶたいの前面ぜんめんをおおう布ぬの。
3. （マク）場面ばめん。場合ばあい。
4. （マク）物事ものごとの終おわり。幕引まくひき。
5. （マク）演劇えんげきの場面ばめん等とうを数かぞえる時ときの助数詞じょすうし。
6. （マク）大おお相撲すもうで前頭ぜんとう以上いじょうの地位ちい。