Word details

開演

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 開演.

Dictionary

Entry

開演いえんNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #29242
1

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

Examples
開演は何時ですか。
What time does the play begin?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

open, unfold, unseal

12 strokesFrequency 59JLPT N3Grade 3

On

カイ

Kun

ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける

Nanori

はるひらき

performance, act, play, render, stage

14 strokesFrequency 267JLPT N2Grade 5

On

エン

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