Opening and Passing

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Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Passing is an antonym for opening.

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

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Opening is an antonym for passing in death topic.

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

short	short opening	short passing
true	true opening	true passing
simple	simple opening	simple passing
actual	actual opening	actual passing
Other adjectives: massive, large, great, last, different, recent.

It goes even further than that; the opening also features the shadows of Digimon passing across real world buildings, which is another iconic shot from the Tamers opening animation.

Source: Anime / Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time
A partial example: The opening scene in Silent Hill up to Rose passing out in the alleyway is a shot for shot remake of the opening of Silent Hill with Rose in Harry's place.

Source: Shot-for-Shot Remake
Game of Thrones has a terrible habit of promoting recurring characters to the opening titles, but then giving them less to do, or simply giving less to regulars with each passing season.

Source: Demoted To Extra / Live-Action TV

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