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    3. 序幕

    序幕

    序じょ幕まく

    curtain-raiser

    KMT10News #39+1Ref L2Noun, ParticleMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab20 strokes

    じょまく

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    curtain-raiser, prologue

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    劇げきの序じょ幕まくが始はじまった。

    The prologue of the play began.

    KMT8Music & Entertainment
    オペラの序じょ幕まくは、物ものが語たりの背はい景けいを説せつ明めいする重じゅう要ような部ぶ分ぶんだ。

    The prologue of the opera is an important part that explains the background of the story.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    この小ちいさな出で来き事ごとが、後のちに続つづく大おお事じ件けんの序じょ幕まくに過すぎなかった。

    This small incident was merely the prologue to the major events that followed.

    KMT10Core ConceptsLiterature
    交こう響きょう曲きょくの序じょ幕まくは、聴ちょう衆しゅうを一いっ気きにその世せ界かいへと引ひき込こんだ。

    The overture (prologue) of the symphony immediately drew the audience into its world.

    KMT10Music & Entertainment
    彼かれの波は乱らんに満みちた人じん生せいの序じょ幕まくは、貧まずしい幼よう少しょう期きから始はじまった。

    The prologue to his eventful life began with a poor childhood.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    序
    つい.で・ついで…(2)
    preface・beginning・order・precedence・occasion…(2)
    幕
    とばり…(2)
    curtain・bunting・act of play
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