Chinese edit

order; sequence; preface stage curtain; tent
trad. (序幕)
simp. #(序幕)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

序幕

  1. prologue; prelude
  2. (figurative) beginning (of a major event)
    拉開序幕拉开序幕  ―  lākāi xùmù  ―  to kick off

Synonyms edit

  • (beginning):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 5
まく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(じょ)(まく) (jomaku

  1. opening act
  2. prelude
    • 1946, 海野十三, 雪魔:
      それは(いま)気象台(きしょうだい)記録(きろく)(のこ)っている三十年来(さんじゅうねんらい)大吹雪(おおふぶき)序幕(じょまく)だった。
      Sore wa ima mo kishōdai no kiroku ni nokotteiru san jū nen rai no ō-fubuki no jomaku datta.
      It was the prelude to a huge blizzard that would break meteorological records going back 30 years.

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN