Dictionary/序幕じょまくJomaku序幕 (Jomaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “curtain-raiser, prologue”.Meaningsnoun, adjectival nouncurtain-raiser; prologueKanji in 序幕序preface幕curtainRelated words字幕subtitles幕curtain幕府shogunate序でにwhile (one is at it)序でopportunity黒幕black curtain秩序order幕末Bakumatsu period順序order幕開けrise of the curtain序盤opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)開幕raising the curtain