Dictionary: “幕”

third highest division;wrestlers of the third highest division

shogunate;bakufu

Bakumatsu period;closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate;end of the Edo period

staff;staff officer

rise of the curtain;opening of a play

makuuchi;top division (of professional sumo)

fall of the curtain;end of an act

act (in a play)

end;ending;close

shogun's headquarters

beginning (e.g. of an era);start;opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

falling of the curtain;end (of a scene)

Imperial Guards office;residence of the Imperial Guards commander

end;close

case;occasion;role (to play);part;place

makuuchi;top division

intermission (between acts);interlude

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

makunouchi;makuuchi;top division (of professional sumo)

intermission (between acts);interlude

very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division

referee officiating the third highest division

curtain pillar;curtain stake

chief of staff

to begin grandly;to start with a bang;to make a spectacular beginning

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play)

10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone

to lower the curtain;to come to an end

referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

screening panel (desk, etc.);modesty board

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

camp;camping

tournament win in the highest division

the curtain opens (for the start of a play, act, etc.);the curtain rises;to start (of a play)

camp;barracks

shogunate retainer;shogunate vassal

lowest ranked wrestler in makuuchi division

tent

shogunate official

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.)

putting an end to;bringing to a close

land under the direct control of the shogunate

the shogunate (administration)

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play)

to come to an end;to close the curtain

shogunate army

feudal system of the shogunate and domains