序幕
Chinese
order; sequence; preface | stage curtain; tent | ||
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trad. (序幕) | 序 | 幕 | |
simp. #(序幕) | 序 | 幕 |
Pronunciation
Noun
序幕
- prologue; prelude
- (figurative) beginning (of a major event)
- 拉開序幕/拉开序幕 ― lākāi xùmù ― to kick off
Synonyms
- (beginning):
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Synonyms of 序幕
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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序 | 幕 |
じょ Grade: 5 | まく Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) じょまく [jòmákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ma̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
序幕 • (jomaku)
- opening act
- prelude
- 1946, 海野十三, 雪魔:
- それは今も気象台の記録に残っている三十年来の大吹雪の序幕だった。
- 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.
- それは今も気象台の記録に残っている三十年来の大吹雪の序幕だった。
- 1946, 海野十三, 雪魔:
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN