Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, an adult draws a floor-length curtain across a sliding balcony window. The upper hooks follow a ceiling-mounted rail, and deep folds gather where the fabric is still being pulled.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

カーテン

kaaten

curtain

Example sentences

  1. カーテンが風かぜになびいた。

    The curtains blew in the wind.

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  2. カーテンは緑みどりに決きめた。

    I have settled on green for the curtains.

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  3. カーテンに火ひが点ついた。

    The curtain caught fire.

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