noun:

• sheet lightning

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); "to come to an end" [figurative] ➜ 幕を閉じる

noun:

• feudal system of the shogunate and domains

noun:

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

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start ➜ 幕を閉じる

noun:

• referee officiating the third highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• 30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division - Sumo term ➜ 付出し

expression:

• 10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

noun:

• lowest ranked wrestler in makuuchi division - Sumo term

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開け
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lower the curtain; to come to an end

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to come to an end; to lower the curtain ➜ 幕を閉じる【まくをとじる】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) ➜ 幕を切る