一幕

ひとまく

one act

三幕物

さんまくもの さんまくぶつ

three-act play

一般幕僚

いっぱんばくりょう

general staff

一幕見席

ひとまくみせき

special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

第一幕目

だいいちまくめ

first act (play, ballet, opera, etc.)

一物

いちぶつ いちもつ

plot, ulterior motive, secret intention

幕

まく

curtain, bunting

百一物

ひゃくいちもつ

monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)

無一物

むいちもつ むいちぶつ

being free of earthly attachments

一人物

いちじんぶつ

person to be reckoned with, person of importance

一行物

いちぎょうもの

scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

ビニール幕/横幕

ビニールまく/よこまく

Vinyl curtain / horizontal banner

暗幕

あんまく

blackout curtain

幕軍

ばくぐん まくぐん

the shogunate army

鯨幕

くじらまく

black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

幕政

ばくせい

the shogunate (administration)

仏幕

ぶつまく

coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

黒幕

くろまく

black curtain

剣幕

けんまく

threatening attitude, menacing look, angry look