序幕 (じょまく) — curtain-raiser

序幕 is read じょまく and listed as a noun. Meaning: curtain-raiser; prologue.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 序幕.

  • 序列 じょれつ rank
  • 序説 じょせつ introduction
  • 順序 じゅんじょ order
  • 序で ついで opportunity
  • 序曲 じょきょく overture
  • 序盤 じょばん opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
  • 序文 じょぶん preface
  • 秩序 ちつじょ order
  • 無秩序 むちつじょ disorder
  • 公序良俗 こうじょりょうぞく public order and morals
  • 幕府 ばくふ shogunate
  • 一幕 ひとまく one act (of a play)