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    3. 開演

    開演

    開かい演えん

    curtain raising

    KMT7News #16+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab26 strokes

    かいえん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    curtain raising, starting (e.g. play, concert)

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    Speed1.0x

    コンサートは午ご後ご7時じに開かい演えんする。

    The concert starts at 7 PM.

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    開かい演えん前まえに席せきに着ついてください。

    Please take your seats before the performance begins.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    彼かれのライブは開かい演えんから熱ねっ気きに包つつまれ、大だい成せい功こうだった。

    His live performance was enveloped in excitement from the start and was a great success.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentEmotions & Psychology
    開かい演えんが遅おくれるというアナウンスがあり、観かん客きゃくはざわめいた。

    There was an announcement that the performance would be delayed, and the audience stirred.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    劇げき場じょうの開かい演えんブザーが鳴なり、観かん客きゃくは静しずかに舞ぶ台たいに注ちゅう目もくした。

    The theater's opening buzzer sounded, and the audience quietly focused on the stage.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    開
    ひら.く・ひら.き・-びら.き・ひら.ける・あ.く・あ.ける…(4)
    open・unfold・unseal
    演
    performance・act・play・render・stage
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