subtitles

curtain ②act (in play)

black curtain ②wirepuller

the rise of the curtain ②beginning (e.g. of an era)

raising the curtain ②opening (of an event)

smokescreen

Japanese subtitles

(artillery) barrage ②bullet hell ③barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)

fall of the curtain

putting an end to ②person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theater)

end

one act (play, etc.) ②scene

threatening attitude

opening game

horizontal banner

blackout curtain

curtain-raiser

(projection) screen ②the silver screen

hanging banner

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables) ②highest-ranking division ③intermission (between acts)

shogunate ②shogun's headquarters ③Imperial Guards office

Bakumatsu period

staff

curtain

shogunate retainer

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

chief of staff

overthrow of the shogunate

shogunate official

Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)

attacking the shogunate

Joint Staff Council

adherence to the shogunate

camp

shogunate army

supporters of the shogun

Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

general staff