maku
★ Common
Noun
#29730
1. horizontal banner
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. hanging banner; hanging screen
1. Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate
1. one act (of a play)
2. scene; event
1. fall of the curtain; end of an act
2. end; ending
1. makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)