maku
★ Common
Noun
#29730
1. shogunate; bakufu
2. shogun's headquarters
3. Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
1. third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
1. rise of the curtain; opening of a play
2. beginning (e.g. of an era); start
1. Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate
1. fall of the curtain; end of an act
2. end; ending
1. makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)
1. staff; staff officer
1. horizontal banner
1. lowdown; inside information
2. inner curtain (in a military encampment)