かいえん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かいえん – see the following entries.

【開演】 [noun] start of a performance [verb] to start a performance

【開園】 [noun] opening of an 園 (en) – park (公園), zoo (動物園), kindergarten (幼稚園), etc. [verb] of an 園 (en), to open (for the first time), or be open

【海燕】 [noun] Synonym of 海燕 (umi tsubame, “storm petrel, a seabird of the family Hydrobatidae”) [noun] Synonym of 糸巻海星 (itomaki hitode, “blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera)”) [noun] Synonym of 蛸の枕 (tako no makura, “Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)”)

(This term, かいえん (kaien), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)