Illustration: In a small municipal theater, the stage curtains are partway through opening and a violinist has just stepped into view with bow poised for the first note. The seated audience faces forward, hands dropping into laps as their attention gathers on the stage.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

開かい演えん

kaien

to start a performance

Example sentences

  1. 開演かいえんは午後ごご７時じです。

    The curtain rises at 7 p.m.

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  2. コンサートは、午後ごご8時じ開演かいえんです。

    The concert starts at 8 p.m.

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  3. 開演かいえん前まえの会場かいじょう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.

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Kanji in 開演

  • 開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける
  • 演performance; actOnエン

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