開演 (Kaien): Curtain Raising

Meaning

English

curtain raising
starting (e.g. play, concert)

Reading

Kana

かいえん

Romaji

kaien

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 終演 Rank 12864 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

開放

かいほう

opening (a door, window, etc.)

開戦

かいせん

outbreak of war

開示

かいじ

release (e.g. information)

開発部

かいはつぶ

development department

開港

かいこう

opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

開局

かいきょく

opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.)

開き直る

ひらきなおる

to become defiant

開閉

かいへい

opening and shutting

開所

かいしょ

opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)

開園

かいえん

opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)

開祖

かいそ

(sect) founder

開腹

かいふく

making a surgical incision in the abdomen

Example Sentences

6

８時開演です。

The curtain time is at 8:00.

開演は何時ですか。

What time does the play begin?

開演は午後７時です。

The curtain rises at 7 p.m.

コンサートは、午後8時開演です。

The concert starts at 8 p.m.

開演前の会場はとてもざわざわしていた。

There was a lot of clamour in the venue before the performance began.

トイレの列が長すぎて開演に間に合わないかもしれない。

The queue for the toilet has got too long. Do you think it's time we expedited things by having a peek?